pall mall
/ˌpælˈmæl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
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.
name
An unincorporated community in Fentress County, Tennessee, United States, named after Pall Mall in London.
name
A thoroughfare in Bendigo, Victoria.
Example Sentences
- "Costigan informed Milly, that when she was gone, Major Pendennis told him in his double-faced Pall Mall polite manner, that young Arthur had no fortune at all,"
- "“You did smoke, though.” / “Yes.” / “Pall Malls?” / Thad had been raising his can of soda. It stopped six inches shy of his mouth. “How did you know that?” […] “But not that I smoked Pall Mall cigarettes for fifteen years,” Thad said."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌpælˈmæl/
- British English: /ˈpæl ˌmæl/