passel

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The whole passel ought to be ashamed.

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

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  • Umlaut knew the word passel because he had heard Demon Professor Grossclout use it once. —  Up In A Heaval
  • And now, we're down to maybe one last, tarnished, Silver Bullet, and a passel of little Rate Cuts, which will only make matters worse. —  Monkeyfister
  • In my own life though after adding a few kids to my passel of dogs, I had to give up the pickup idea. —  NewWest.Net All Headlines
  • And why would anyone swallow that preening passel of high-flown rhetoric about "country above all" coming from a seething, short-fused character whose rampant egotism, zigzagging principles, and currying of the gullible press were the distinguishing marks of his senatorial career? —  Drudge Retort
  • They are like a passel of alcoholics who can't admit their addiction and thereby don't learn the proper behaviour they need to keep from injuring their families and others -- like me for instance -- all over again. —  Marketplace
 

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/ˈpæsɛl/
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