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mailamainen
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(sports) an implement used to handle the object being played with, such as a ball or a puck; translation into English depends on the kind of implement and the particular sport (tennis, squash (sport), badminton) racket (baseball, cricket, pesäpallo) bat (field hockey or ice hockey) stick (golf) club (table tennis) paddle (polo, croquet) mallet (tennis, squash (sport), badminton) racket (baseball, cricket, pesäpallo) bat (field hockey or ice hockey) stick (golf) club (table tennis) paddle (polo, croquet) mallet (pinball) flipper Show more arrow right Probably borrowed from Swedish malj, from French mail, from Latin malleus. Metathesis took place in order to avoid the form malja, which would have been homonymous with malja (“goblet, bowl, cup, chalice”). Show more arrow right
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