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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French pale-maille, from Italian pallamaglio (“ball-hammer”), from Latin palla and malleus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpælˈmæl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌpælˈmæl/, /ˌpɛlˈmɛl/
- Rhymes: -æl
- Homophone: pell-mell (US)
Noun[edit]
pall mall (uncountable)
- (historical) A 17th-century game in which a ball was driven along an alley and through a hoop using a mallet.
See also[edit]
Pall mall (game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - The Mall
- pell-mell
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