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pas⋅sel
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–noun
a group or lot of indeterminate number:
a passel of dignitaries.
Origin:
1825–35;
alter. of
parcel
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pas·sel
(pās'əl)
n.
Informal
A large quantity or group:
"The President faces a passel of domestic issues"
(Christian Science Monitor).
[Alteration of
parcel
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History
passel
1835, dial. variant of
parcel.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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