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She's beautiful, like her mother, but perhaps expensive (5)

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pearl

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(Other definitions for pearl that I've seen before include "Precious jewel from the oyster" , "Object of great worth" , "Drop" , "prized example" , "Precious stone from shellfish" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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