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PALL-MALL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pall-mall mean?
• PALL-MALL (noun)
The noun PALL-MALL has 1 sense:
1. a 17th century game; a wooden ball was driven along an alley with a mallet
Familiarity information: PALL-MALL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A 17th century game; a wooden ball was driven along an alley with a mallet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("pall-mall" is a kind of...):
game (a contest with rules to determine a winner)
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