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mallet

[mal-it] / ˈmæl ɪt /


NOUN
mace
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In the book Mr. King specifies that the instrument of destruction is a short roque mallet.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Alternatively, use a meat mallet to flatten and add a pattern to the cookies.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025

"It's so hard to do, number one. Number two, my back and my neck from swinging that hammer around, or mallet, I think it's called, if you're in the know, it's polo language."

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024

In his memoir, “Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics,” Biden acknowledged discovering a polo mallet, riding breeches and other markers of a privileged life in his father’s closet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2024

My job is to move the caulking iron along the seam while Captain Keelson hits it womp! with his big wooden mallet.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick




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