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Shiny decorated Londoner in pink argyle pants (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pearly king

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'shiny decorated londoner' is the definition.
'pearly king' can be an answer for 'londoner' (I have seen 'Distinguished Londoner' mean 'pearly king' so perhaps 'londoner' could also mean 'pearly king'). I am unsure of the 'shiny decorated' bit.

'pink argyle pants' is the wordplay.
'pants' indicates anagramming the letters (UK informal term for 'nonsense' or 'rubbish').
'pink'+'argyle'='pinkargyle'
'pinkargyle' is an anagram of 'PEARLY KING'.

'in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for pearly king that I've seen before include "Fancy London trader" , "Regal costermonger" , "Distinguished Londoner" .)

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