Pall-mall

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A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball wasdriven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. Thename was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the gamewas played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall.[Written also pail-mail and pell-mell.] Sir K. Digby. Evelyn.