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pell-mell

/ˈpɛlˈmɛl/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A 17th-century game in which a ball was driven along an alley and through a hoop using a mallet.
  2. Hasty and uncontrolled.
  3. In haste and chaos; uncontrolledly, confusedly.

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Sources

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