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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.

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  • noun a large number or amount
  • adverb to a very great degree or extent

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Examples

  • -- 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

  • "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

  • Database) has quite a bit of detail (including lots of cover scans) from Analog (and **lots**

    Boing Boing Xeni Jardin 2010

  • 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

  • Magnum pointed at his head, drinking what he described as lots of beer with his buddies and lewd horseplay.

    unknown title 2009

  • Magnum pointed at his head, drinking what he described as lots of beer with his buddies and lewd horseplay.

    unknown title 2009

  • Magnum pointed at his head, drinking what he described as lots of beer with his buddies and lewd horseplay.

    unknown title 2009

  • It takes working in lots of places, and putting pressure on many people to gain allies and make a movement.

    Randomly Disoriented (Blog for Democracy) 2009

  • The problem is that government programs contain lots of waste and mismanagement.

    Health care proposals need more work, health secretary says 2009

  • Thus, Colbert may contain lots of astronaut urine in addition to the routine Colbert Bullshit. ripgut

    NASA Faces Showdown With Colbert Nation - NASA Watch 2009

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