MANY
ADJECTIVES
– BOKOO, BOKU many, much …Bk2006 US sl.
– CHOKE many …1982 Hawaiian youth usage
– DIFFERENT many, various …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DILLY-BAGS much, plenty, many …1953 Aust. sl.
– MAD many, much, plenty of …1991 Amer. sl., esp. Black usage
– MAINT * many, numerous …1706
– MANY-A-MANY very many …1804 Sc.
– MANYKIN † of many kinds …a900
– MANYKINS † of many kinds …a900
– MONGO very many …1986 Amer. sl.
– MUCHO a lot of, many …1940s sl., orig. US
– NUMBERFUL †* many in number, numerous …1594
– OMNIBUS relating to or serving for numerous distinct objects at once; comprising a large number of items or particulars …1857
– SEVENTY-ELEVEN indefinitely numerous, many …1970 Amer. dial.
– TALL many, a large number of …M19 UK criminals’ sl.
– TIDYISH considerable; many …1895 Eng. dial.
– UNFEW † many …c1200
ADVERBS
1375 ► MANYGATE(S) in many ways → obs.
1987 ► BULK many, much
1996 ► UMPTEEN MILLION TIMES very many times, repeatedly → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS
– ANY GOD’S AMOUNT an indefinitely large amount; a great many …Bk1914 Amer. dial.
– ANY GOD’S IMMENSE an indefinitely large amount; a great many …1914 Amer. dial.
– ANY GOD’S QUANTITY an indefinitely large amount; a great many …1943 Amer. dial.
– ANY G.Q. an indefinitely large amount; a great many …1943 Amer. dial.
– ASSLOAD a great deal; too many or too much …1957 Amer. sl.
– AWFULLY LOT a great deal, a large amount …1945 Amer. dial.
– BAGS many; a great amount of …1910s sl.
– BAGS OF many …1910s sl.
– BATCH a number; a quantity; a lot; a great many …Bk1914 criminals’ sl.
– BOOCOODLES a great deal; a large number, many …1965 Amer. dial.
– CARTLOAD many; a great quantity, esp. of a desired commodity …L16
– CARTLOADS many; a great quantity, esp. of a desired commodity …L16
– DEAD LOADS many; a great quantity …1869 US sl.
– DEAD OOGENS a large quantity; plenty, many …1905 Amer. dial.
– ELEVENTEEN an indefinitely great number; many …1942 Amer. sl.
– ELEVENTY-ELEVEN an indefinitely great number; many …1893 Amer. dial.
– GANG n. a great amount; many …1811 US sl.
– HANKLE a handful, a great deal, a considerable quantity or amount …1694 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HANTLE a considerable amount or quantity; a good many, a good deal …1692 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– LAC a large number of quantity; very many …c1885 Anglo-Indian
– LACK a large number of quantity; very many; often in the plural …c1885 Anglo-Indian
– LAHK very many; a great deal; often in the plural …M19 Anglo-Indian
– LAST † a huge indefinite number …c1386
– LITTLE MILLION a great many …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– MAIN FEW, A a good many …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MAMPUS a great number; a crowd …1851 Eng. dial.
– MANY-WHAT † many things …c1200
– MERGINS, MURGENS a great amount or number; many …1952 Amer. dial.
– MERTH plenty, abundance; a great deal …1677 Eng. dial.
– MIDDLING a moderate quantity, a good deal, a good many …1886 Eng. dial.
– MORE THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT a great number …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– MUCHO a great deal …1940s sl., orig. US
– NATION a great deal; a large number or amount; hence, an impressive example …1775 Amer. dial.
– OODLINS a great or large quantity; plenty, many …1886 Amer. dial.
– OOGENS a large quantity; plenty, many …1905 Amer. dial.
– OOGLES a great or large quantity; plenty, many …1969 Amer. dial.
– OOZLES a great or large quantity; plenty, many …1969 Amer. dial.
– PASH a great many, a great number; the fragments produced by a smash …1790 Eng. dial.
– SHEBOODLE a large number; a large and miscellaneous collection of things or people …1966 Amer. dial.
– SHOCKS great numbers, lots, many …1938 Amer. dial.
– SIGHT a large quantity; a great many; a multitude …1390 UK
– TONS a large amount, many …1895 colloq.
– UNTOLDS lots, heaps, many …1987 Aust. sl.
– VAST a large number; a quantity or amount, a great deal …a1779 Sc.
PHRASES
1968 ► ENOUGH TO GAG A MAGGOT a great deal of something → Amer. sl.