slew?

[Charles Doyle]

I nominate "a glob."

--Charlie
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>Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:09:24 -0400
>From: sagehen <sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM>

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>I think the above can reasonably be read as  (item) slew of wild mushrooms and (item) mashed potato[es] that possesses &c.
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>"Slew" certainly means a goodly amount of countable things to me, but so does "passel."  For something as uncountable as mashed potatoes, a "heap", "mess" or "dollop" or  sthg sim would be needed.
>
>AM

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