pas·sel (p s  l)n. Informal A large quantity or group: "The President faces a passel of domestic issues" (Christian Science Monitor). [Alteration of parcel.] |
passel [ˈpæsəl]
n
Informal or dialect chiefly US a group or quantity of no fixed number
[variant of parcel]
Passel alternative for parcel.
Examples: passel of brats; of hogs; of young ones.
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| Noun | 1. |  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 |
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