PALL'MALL, noun [Latin pila, a ball, and malleus, mallet.] A play in which a ball is driven through an iron ring by a mallet; also, the mallet.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
PALL'MALL, noun [Latin pila, a ball, and malleus, mallet.] A play in which a ball is driven through an iron ring by a mallet; also, the mallet.
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