Definitions

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  • proper noun a wide avenue in London leading from Trafalgar Square and Admiralty Arch to Buckingham Palace; used as a ceremonial route
  • proper noun The National Mall, a national park in downtown Washington DC.

Etymologies

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from the game pall mall, once played there

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Examples

  • Expect plenty of impersonators with bald heads, overdone lipstick and outrageous couture on The Mall as this celebration of what would have been Leigh Bowery's 50th birthday gets underway.

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  • We have a picture of -- you would see people crying and holding each other, and going -- you know, the funny thing was because I was out in The Mall.

    CNN Transcript Jan 24, 2009 2009

  • A satellite picture, despite some of the cloud cover, of The Mall on this day.

    CNN Transcript Jan 20, 2009 2009

  • And just talking with a lot of folks who were down here at The Mall yesterday for that incredible concert, and it is just - it's not like Washington - it's like some other place.

    CNN Transcript Jan 19, 2009 2009

  • I don't know if you guys can see it, but looks like we're getting some flakes here on The Mall.

    CNN Transcript Jan 17, 2009 2009

  • Did you try going to Davis-Kidd at The Mall in Green Hills?

    The Price of Spring: What Happened? Jeff C 2009

  • This is two Decathlons in a row where a foreign team, just one of a few foreign teams out of the 20 on The Mall (four of 20 this year: two Canadian (4th and 6th places) and Spain (a very surprising to me 14th)).

    A. Siegel: German Solar Rides Power Surge to a Win 2009

  • We have a picture of -- you would see people crying and holding each other, and going -- you know, the funny thing was because I was out in The Mall.

    CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2009 2009

  • Ratilla was a night janitor, got his hands on the card, and fled to The Mall.

    Myth-taken Identity by Robert Asprin and Jody Lynn Nye John Loyd 2009

  • They're joining in with us live right here on The Mall.

    CNN Transcript Jan 17, 2009 2009

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