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pas·sel

(păs′əl)

n. Informal

A large quantity or group: "The President faces a passel of domestic issues" (Christian Science Monitor).

[Alteration of parcel.]

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passel

(ˈpæsəl)

informal or dialect chiefly US a group or quantity of no fixed number

[variant of parcel]

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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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Noun

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, sight

large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude

deluge, 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

noun

Informal. 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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passel

[ˈpæsəl] N (US) → muchedumbre f

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passel

n (US inf: = group, quantity) → (Un)menge f; (of people also) → Schar f

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That child will like as not come here with a passel o' things borrowed from the rest o' the family.

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But the rest was on hand, and so they all come and shook hands with the king and thanked him and talked to him; and then they shook hands with the duke and didn't say nothing, but just kept a-smiling and bobbing their heads like a passel of sapheads whilst he made all sorts of signs with his hands and said "Goo-goo -- goo-goo- goo" all the time, like a baby that can't talk.

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'Tweren't the women neither that tarred and feathered him - Marblehead women don't act that way - 'twas a passel o' men an' boys, an' they carted him araound town in an old dory till the bottom fell aout, an' Ireson he told 'em they'd be sorry for it some day.