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Just the sort of necklace for a girl (5)

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pearl

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'girl' is the definition.

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(Other definitions for pearl that I've seen before include "Off-white colour" , "Highly-valued thing" , "Lustrous structure in a mollusc shell" , "Small type" , "Paragon" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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