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pas⋅sel

  [pas-uhl]
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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
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passel 
1835, dial. variant of parcel.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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