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a-ˈplenty, aplenty, adv. or pred. a. orig. U.S.
[f. a prep.1 + plenty B.I. 2 c.]
In plenty; in abundance.
1830J. F. Cooper Water Witch III. ii. 68 A sailor's blessing on you—fair winds and a plenty. 1841[see plenty B. I. 2 c]. 1876‘Mark Twain’ Tom Sawyer vi. 59 Sho, there's ticks a-plenty. 1910Mulford Hopalong Cassidy xi. 72 There's water a-plenty there. 1917J. C. McCorquodale In Divers Moods 30 And [I] dreamed wild dreams aplenty Of how I should Do what I could. 1945Scrutiny XIII. 99 There is in passing ambiguity aplenty. |