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several noun, adjective A good many, quite a few. [OED3 several adj 4b “a good many” obsolete )1753; DARE labels this usage “especially Appalachians, Ozarks”]

1892 Allen Cumberland Gap 241 "Are there many ‘coons in this country?" "Several ‘coons" ... Here, among other discoveries, was a linguistic one—the use of "several" in the sense of a great many, probably an innumerable multitude, as in the case of the ’coons. 1913 Kephart Our Sthn High 77 “You'll spy, to-morrow, whar several trees has been wind-throwed and busted to kindlin’.” I recalled that several in the South, means man—"a good many,” as our own tongues phrase it. 1937 Hall Coll (Collins Creek NC) [Did you have many blackberries this year?]: Yes, they was several of them. 1952 Wilson Folk Speech NC 588 = a great many: “I have several cherries this year.” 1974 GSMNP-62:8 It was several of them, you know ... I guess forty or fifty. 2003 LaLone et al Farming Life 224 Then later on, we rented several acres of pasture—oh, I don’t know, 200-300 I guess.