Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A considerable number; a great many; a great deal.
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- noun Scotland A
considerable number orquantity ; a greatmany ; a greatdeal .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It wad mak a hantle difference to his sin; it wad be a great excuse for him.
Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864
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"Droont!" he repeated, "It wad tak a hantle (great deal) to droon me.
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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Ke dumela hantle hore dikomiti tsena di tla re thusa haholo ho aheng setjhaba se tsotellang (A Caring Society).
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Ke ile ka kgothatswa ke boleng ba seabo le kabelo ho tswa ho dikemedi ditherisanong tseo, mme ka bona hore lona, di-comrade le ile la itokisetsa hantle mme la bala ditokomane tsa ditherisano.
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Dikemedi di e tseba hantle kano ena, ya Polelwana ya 4.15 ya Molaotheo, eo ke e qotsitseng Puong ya ka ya ho Bula.
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Re ikgantsha haholo ka hobane re na le ditho tse tshwanang hantle le tsa bahlabani ba rona ba Umkhonto we Sizwe - ha ba re, re sebeletsa setjhaba sa Afrika Borwa!
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Kano eo Khansele e Akaretsang ya Naha e itseng e lokela ho bopa karolo ya foromo ya botho ba mokgatlo wa rona, e nehwang ditho tse ntjha ha di kena, e bolela ka ho hlaka hore ditho tsa rona di itlama ho "sebeletsa ho etsa hore ANC e be sesebediswa se sebetsang hantle haholo sa tokoloho, se leng matsohong a batho".
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Molao wa Fepo ya bana le ona o e tseditswe ho nolofatsa bophelo ba bomme ka ho hlokomedisa bontate hore ho bohlokwa hape ke tokelo ya bana ho hodiswa ke batswadi hantle.
SPEECH BY MS S MORUTOA: "WOMEN CELEBRATING A DECADE OF FREEDOM ON THE PATH TO TOTAL EMANCIPATION" 2004
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They took a hantle o 'preesoners there, and sune cam a' cartel 'they ca' it, offering an exchange.
Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812
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Some people have genius, and that, I'm telling you, is well enough so far as it goes; but I have luck too, and I'm not so sure but luck is a hantle sight better than genius.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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