Pall-mall (also paille-maille, palle-maille, or palle-malle pronounced /pæl mæl/, /pɒl mɒl/ or /pɛl mɛl/, depending on dialect) is a lawn game that was mostly played in the 16th and 17th centuries, a precursor to croquet.
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