passel

pas·sel

P0097100 (păs′əl)n. Informal A large quantity or group: "The President faces a passel of domestic issues" (Christian Science Monitor).

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[Alteration of parcel.]

passel

(ˈpæsəl) ninformal or dialect chiefly US a group or quantity of no fixed number[variant of parcel]

pas•sel

(ˈpæs əl)

n. a group or lot of indeterminate number: a passel of kids. [1825–35; variant of parcel; see cuss]

Passel

 alternative for parcel.Examples: passel of brats; of hogs; of young ones.

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passel - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, peck, mickle, mint, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, stack, raft, mountain, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess, sightlarge indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitudedeluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation

passel

nounInformal. An indeterminately great amount or number:jillion, million (often used in plural), multiplicity, ream, trillion.Informal: bushel, gob (often used in plural), heap (often used in plural), load (often used in plural), lot, oodles, peck, scad (often used in plural), slew, wad, zillion.

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