passel

noun

Etymology: A variant of parcel with dialectal assimilation of /ɹ/ before a coronal consonant.

1. An indeterminately large quantity or group.

   “That child will like as not come here with a passel o' things borrowed from the rest o' the family. She'll have Hannah's shoes and John's undershirts and Mark's socks most likely.”

   “A fist-pumping, howling passel of Bush administration officials.”