Phrase guide
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A fashionable street in Westminster, leading from Trafalgar Square, via the Haymarket, to St James; it is the home of many select gentlemen's clubs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
An unincorporated community in Fentress County, Tennessee, United States, named after Pall Mall in London.
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name
A thoroughfare in Bendigo, Victoria.
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noun
A cigarette of the British Pall Mall brand.
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noun
A 17th-century game in which a ball was driven along an alley and through a hoop using a mallet.
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Usage: historical, uncountable
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noun
a fashionable street in London noted for its many private clubs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: street
History
From pall mall, the name of a game once played there.
From Middle French pallemaille, pale-maille, from Italian pallamaglio (“ball-hammer”), from Italian palla (“ball”) and maglio (“hammer”).
