semantic drift: "swath"

[Jonathan Lighter]

"(Large) amount." Not in OED.

  1998 Mitch Potter in _Toronto Star_ (Aug. 8) K1 [Lexis/Nexis]: Hollywood did, of course, dedicate a huge swath of resources to an endless parade of soul-searching films on Vietnam.

  JL


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