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   mall

   /môl/

   noun

   • 1. a large building or series of connected buildings containing a variety of retail stores and typically also restaurants. North American
   • 2. a sheltered walk or promenade.
   • ▪ a section of a street, typically in the downtown area of a city, from which vehicular traffic is excluded.
   • 3. another term for the game pall-mall historical
   • ▪ an alley used for pall-mall.

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in mall (sense 3)): probably a shortening of pall-mall. mall (sense 2) derives from The Mall, a tree-bordered walk in St James's Park, London, formerly the site of a pall-mall alley. mall (sense 1) dates from the 1960s.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • M

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   • A

     1

   • L

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   • L

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