passel

[pas-uhl]

noun

Informal.

1. a group or lot of indeterminate number.

   a passel of dignitaries.

passel

/ ˈpæsəl /

noun

1. informal,  a group or quantity of no fixed number

Word History and Origins

Origin of passel¹

First recorded in 1825–35; alteration of parcel

Word History and Origins

Origin of passel¹

variant of _parcel

Example Sentences

She kills a passel of bad guys and then finds out she’s pregnant.

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Flynn’s not around, but Jack Patten is, playing the legendary outlaw in the new 10-part “Robin Hood” with a grave demeanor and a passel of Merry Men who seem to have PTSD.

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Chamber of Commerce and a passel of right-wing legal organizations, which based their case on the fact that the bureau’s funding comes from the Federal Reserve rather than the U.S.

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It started with the Supreme Court’s ruling in a lawsuit brought by a passel of antiabortion fanatics that aimed to roll back the Food and Drug Administration’s approvals of mifepristone dispensing by mail.

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Peralta struck him out in his first at-bat with a passel of sliders.

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