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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Pall-mall (0.01116 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pall-mall
pall-mall
n : a 17th century game; a wooden ball was driven along an alley
with a mallet
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pall-mall
Pall-mall
\Pall`-mall"\, n. [OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla
a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer,
fr. L. malleus. See 1st
Ball, and
Mall a beetle.]
A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was
driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of
iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the
place where the game was played, and to the street, in
London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also
pail-mail and
pell-mell.] --Sir K. Digby. --Evelyn.
[1913 Webster]
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