passell

Wall, one afternoon we wuz all settin '' round spinnin 'yarns when Deacon Witherspoon sed that eckos wuz mighty peculiar things, cos down whar he wuz born and raised thar wuz a passell of hills cum together and you couldn't git out thar and talk louder' n a whisper on account of the ecko.

Uncle Josh Weathersby's "Punkin Centre Stories" 1903

Sandy Sawtelle savagely demanded a cup of coffee, gulped it heroically, rose in a virtuous hurry, and at the door wondered loudly if he was leaving a bunch of rich millionaires that had nothing to do but loaf in their club all the afternoon and lie their heads off, or just a passell of lazy no-good cowhands that laid down on the job the minute the boss stepped off the place.

Somewhere in Red Gap Harry Leon Wilson 1903

Wall, one afternoon we wuz all settin '' round spinnin 'yarns when Deacon Witherspoon sed that eckos wuz mighty peculiar things, cos down whar he wuz born and raised thar wuz a passell of hills cum together and you couldn't git out thar and talk louder' n

Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories Cal Stewart 1887

But he began muttering directly about a "passell o 'boys" coming and bothering him when he hadn't a moment to spare.

Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story George Manville Fenn 1870