pall-mall

¹

[ pel-mel, pal-mal, pawl-mawl ]

noun

1. 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. a playing alley on which this game was played.

Pall Mall

²

[ pal mal, pel mel ]

noun

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

Pall Mall

¹

/ ˈpæl ˈmæl /

noun

1. a street in central London, noted for its many clubs

pall-mall

²

/ ˈpælˈmæl /

noun

1. a game in which a ball is driven by a mallet along an alley and through an iron ring
2. the alley itself

Word History and Origins

Origin of pall-mall¹

1560–70; < Middle French pallemaille < Italian pallamaglio, equivalent to palla ball (< Langobardic ) + maglio mallet (< Latin malleus ). See ball ¹, mall, mell ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of pall-mall¹

C17: from obsolete French, from Italian pallamaglio, from palla ball + maglio mallet

Example Sentences

Dad was lying on his bed in his underwear and T-shirt smoking a Pall Mall.

From The Daily Beast

In 1871 a group of 32 burly Victorians met at the Pall Mall restaurant on Cockspur Street and started the Rugby Football Union.

From The Daily Beast

On the other hand, they hung in his house in Pall Mall in long rows on the walls of his studio.

From Project Gutenberg

After his death it was sold in two parts by Mr. Evans of Pall Mall.

From Project Gutenberg

Give us your fist, old boy: and won't we send the 'Pall-Mall Gazette' up to ten thousand a week, that's all!

From Project Gutenberg

That there may have been some dealings between the "Pall-Mall Gazette" and this influential party, is very possible.

From Project Gutenberg

The writing is now excellent of its kind, but for the word 'Metropolis' and the phrase 'no great distance from' Pall Mall.

From Project Gutenberg