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pall-mall |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pall-mall \Pall`-mall"\, n. [OF. palemail It pallamagio palla a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer, fr L. malleus. See lst {Ball}, and {Mall} a beetle.] A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also {pail-mail} and {pell-mell}.] --Sir K. Digby Evelyn. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pall-mall n : a 17th C game; a wooden ball was driven along an alley with a mallet
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