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Pall-mall

Pall-mall Meaning & Definition
Pall-mall Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pall-mall?

[n] a 17th century game; a wooden ball was driven along an alley with a mallet
[n] a fashionable street in London noted for its many private clubs

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See Also | British capital | capital of the United Kingdom | game | Greater London | London | street

Pall-mall In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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