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pall-mall (iou)



pall-mall noun. Also pell mell. M16.
[French pal(le mail(le from Italian pallamaglio, from palla var. of balla BALL noun1 + maglio mallet: cf. MALL noun, MALLET noun1.]
Hist. A game, played in a long alley, in which players tried to drive a boxwood ball through a suspended iron ring in as few strokes as possible.