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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Old French
Origin: maillet, from mail 'hammer'

mallet

 noun
     
mallet
Related topics: Sport, Tools
mal‧let [countable]
1TZ a wooden hammer with a large end
2DS a wooden hammer with a long handle that you use for playing croquet or polo
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