Pall Mall

[pal mal, pel mel]

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noun

a street in London, England, famed for its clubs.

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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.

a playing alley on which this game was played.

Origin:
1560–70; < Middle French pallemaille < Italian pallamaglio, equivalent to palla ball (< Langobardic ) + maglio mallet (< Latin malleus). See ball¹, mall, mell

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Pall Mall (ˈpæl ˈmæl)

—n
	a street in central London, noted for its many clubs

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pall-mall

see mall.

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