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Meanings of passel in English

Portuguese
montão
Catalan
feix
Spanish
mogollón
Wikidata

(Often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.

montão
Usage of passel in English
1
We ran into a passel of those, and steered clear of them.
Savage
2
There were likely a passel of bedrolls and blankets on the horses.
Savage
3
Some says as how it was sot by a passel o' boys.
Darry the Life Saver; Or, The Heroes of the Coast
4
The wonder's that you lived through such a passel of close shaves.
Savage
5
There's a particularly avid passel of costly services that specialize in expert answers.
Wired
6
See if it don't open up a whole passel of doors for you.
The Water Witch
7
Had to be a reason I'd survived such a passel of narrow calls.
Savage
8
It fixes a passel of bugs and adds just a few small features.
Wired
9
I should leave before a passel of servants stumble upon us.
Too wicked to kiss
10
Facing Ginny Jones and a whole passel of demonkind sounded a lot safer.
Nocturnal
11
I brought 'er a nice present, too, what I got in this passel.
The History of Mr. Polly
12
That passel of Yanks was only a scouting crowd, most like.
The Little Regiment, and Other Episodes of the American Civil Wa...
13
I was denounced as more un-American than a passel of ayatollahs.
The Irish Times
14
If I see 'em they talkin' a passel of foolish talk.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
15
You ain't gonna drop me off with a passel of strangers.
Savage
16
Say, they's quite a passel o' wolves thar-youhear to me.
In the Days of Poor Richard