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Pearly Gates
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Pearly Gates
(noun)
Pearly Gates
noun
Pearly Gates
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of PEARLY GATES
the Pearly Gates
informal + humorous
:
a pair of gates thought of as the place through which people enter heaven when they die
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