Passel
//ˈpæsl// noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An indeterminately large quantity or group. US, informal
"That child will like as not come here with a passel o' things borrowed from the rest o' the family. She'll have Hannah's shoes and John's undershirts and Mark's socks most likely."
- 2 (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent wordnet
Example
More examples"That child will like as not come here with a passel o' things borrowed from the rest o' the family. She'll have Hannah's shoes and John's undershirts and Mark's socks most likely."
Etymology
A variant of parcel with dialectal assimilation of /ɹ/ before a coronal consonant.
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