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  • noun Plural form of passel.

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Examples

  • "It cost the three of 'em less 'n three thousand dollars for the three passels," said Scattergood.

    Scattergood Baines Clarence Budington Kelland 1922

  • Silver you could hear chinkin ', an' liddle bundles hove down dunt on the bottom-boards, an 'passels o' liddle swords an 'shields raklin', an 'liddle fingers an' toes scratchin 'on the boatside to board her when the two sons pushed her off.

    Puck of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • If the Waltons want to pass on passels of money to their offspring, I suggest they go out and hire a tax accountant and a trust lawyer, like decent rich people do, instead of getting their pet Senator to pass stupid laws for them.

    Political Animal 2009

  • Aside from Michael, who's less explored as a person than exploited as a symbol, they're mainly drug dealers and crackheads who have passels of kids for others to raise.

    unknown title 2009

  • Aside from Michael, who's less explored as a person than exploited as a symbol, they're mainly drug dealers and crackheads who have passels of kids for others to raise.

    unknown title 2009

  • The song list and vocal work were strong enough to engage even the uninitiated, which Wednesday night were mainly parents accompanying passels of school-age children who absolutely delighted in seeing beloved tele-types come to life.

    mjsbigblog 2009

  • I didn’t mean to say stuff should only look good on a Mac, actually, that’s what I keep passels of aged PCs around for— just the opposite.

    Drive-by-Shooting Sundays: Writer Dad 2008

  • "There's about fifty different passels of timber in that crotch.

    Scattergood Baines Clarence Budington Kelland 1922

  • I reckon hit would take passels of money, wouldn't hit? "

    The Call of the Cumberlands Charles Neville Buck 1904

  • Silver you could hear clinkin’, an’ liddle bundles hove down dunt on the bottom-boards, an’ passels o’ liddle swords an’ shield’s raklin’, an’ liddle fingers an’ toes scratchin’ on the boatside to board her when the two sons pushed her off.

    Puck of Pook’s Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900

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