According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
SLEWS
tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings
(noun) a large number or amount; “made lots of new friends”; “she amassed stacks of newspapers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
slews
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slew
Source: Wiktionary
SLEW
Slew,
Definition: imp. of Slay.
Slew, v. t.
Definition: See Slue.
SLAY
Slay, v. t. [imp. Slew; p. p. Slain; p. pr. & vb. n. Slaying.] Etym: [OE. slan, sl, sleen, slee, AS. sleán to strike, beat, slay; akin to OFries. sla, D. slaan, OS. & OHG. slahan, G. schlagen, Icel. sla, Dan. slaae, Sw. sl, Goth. slahan; perhaps akin to L. lacerare to tear to pieces, Gr. lacerate. Cf. Slaughter, Sledge a hammer, Sley.]
Definition: To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy. With this sword then will I slay you both. Chaucer. I will slay the last of them with the sword. Amos ix. 1. I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk. Shak.
Syn.
– To kill; murder; slaughter; butcher.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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