Feb. 5th, 2008

passel

Feb. 5th, 2008 07:24 am
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passel - n., a large indeterminate number or amount.


Baby spiders always come in passels. An alteration of parcel, first recorded in 1835. Unfortunately, none of these dictionaries give regional usage, making it sound like it isn't dialectical.

---L.

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