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1. (n.) pall-mall
a game, popular in the 17th century, in which a ball of boxwood was struck with a mallet in an attempt to drive it through a raised iron ring at the end of a playing alley.
2. pall-mall
the playing alley.
Etymology: (1560–70; < MF pallemaille < It pallamaglio=pallaball1 (< Langobardic) +magliomallet (< L malleus))
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1. (noun) pall-mall
a 17th century game; a wooden ball was driven along an alley with a mallet
2. (noun) Pall Mall
a fashionable street in London noted for its many private clubs
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1. (noun) pall-mall
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
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