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- noun Plural form of
lot . - noun colloquial
A lot ;a great deal ;tons ;loads . - adverb colloquial
A great deal ;greatly ;very much ;tons ;loads ;a lot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large number or amount
- adverb to a very great degree or extent
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Examples
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-- is got mo 'feelin's dan some niggehs; but lots o' niggehs is got _lots_ mo 'feelin's dan some white folks.
Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi George Washington Cable 1884
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"God told Adam not to eat of it, because then he'd believe in good _and_ evil, and that always makes such lots and _lots_ of trouble.
Jewel Clara Louise Burnham 1890
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Database) has quite a bit of detail (including lots of cover scans) from Analog (and **lots**
Boing Boing Xeni Jardin 2010
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Indeed, there will be what he describes as "lots of 20th-century paintings, photographs and so-called primitive art,"at the fair's 52 galleries from France, Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Canada and the United States.
NYT > Home Page By FELIX BURRICHTER 2011
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Magnum pointed at his head, drinking what he described as lots of beer with his buddies and lewd horseplay.
unknown title 2009
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Magnum pointed at his head, drinking what he described as lots of beer with his buddies and lewd horseplay.
unknown title 2009
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Magnum pointed at his head, drinking what he described as lots of beer with his buddies and lewd horseplay.
unknown title 2009
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It takes working in lots of places, and putting pressure on many people to gain allies and make a movement.
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The problem is that government programs contain lots of waste and mismanagement.
Health care proposals need more work, health secretary says 2009
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Thus, Colbert may contain lots of astronaut urine in addition to the routine Colbert Bullshit. ripgut
bilby commented on the word lots
WeirdNet: 'people sharing some social relation'?
August 15, 2008