In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his familyâs pot filled with coffee.
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
(noun) (often followed by âofâ) a large number or amount or extent; âa batch of lettersâ; âa deal of troubleâ; âa lot of moneyâ; âhe made a mint on the stock marketâ; âsee the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photosâ; âit must have cost plentyâ; âa slew of journalistsâ; âa wad of moneyâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
passel (plural passels)
(US, informal) An indeterminately large quantity or group.
• Slapes, lapses, saleps, sepals, spales
Source: Wiktionary
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; âcrossed the river on improvised bridgesâ; âthe survivors used jury-rigged fishing gearâ; âthe rock served as a makeshift hammerâ
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his familyâs pot filled with coffee.