My Host Thinks I'm An Irritation, A Bother, A Pain. But He Can't Evict Me, So Here I Will Remain

Riddle: My host thinks I'm an irritation, a bother, a pain. But he can't evict me, so here I will remain. Then one day I'm taken and ranked among my peers. Can you guess just what I am? Then you might call me dear.

Answer: I am a Pearl.

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My host thinks I'm an irritation, a bother, a pain. But he can't evict me, so here I will remain. Then one day I'm taken and ranked among my peers. Can you guess just what I am? Then you might call me dear. — My host thinks I'm an irritation, a bother, a pain. But he can't evict me, so here I will remain by Anonymous v1.

Riddle: My host thinks I'm an irritation, a bother, a pain. But he can't evict me, so here I will remain. Then one day I'm taken and ranked among my peers. Can you guess just what I am? Then you might call me dear. Answer: I am a Pearl. — by Anonymous v2.