Pall Mall

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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.
  2. An unincorporated community in Fentress County, Tennessee, United States, named after Pall Mall in London.
  3. A thoroughfare in Bendigo, Victoria.
noun
  1. A cigarette of the British Pall Mall brand.
noun
  1. A 17th-century game in which a ball was driven along an alley and through a hoop using a mallet.

Pronunciation

/ˈpæl ˌmæl/ /ˌpælˈmæl/

Word forms

Pall Mall Pall-Mall Pall Malls palle maille paille maille pale maille

Etymology

From pall mall, the name of a game once played there.

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