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(a) plenty

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(a)plenty noun An abundance, sufficiency.

1815-18 (in 1881 Draper Kings Mt 553) About sunset we met the footmen who they had left at Green river, who provided a plenty of rations, &c. 1862 Mangum CW Letters (May 18) we have as good fre stone water hear as I ever Saw and aplenty of it. 1910 Cooke Power and Glory 5 He 'lowed he'd be home with a plenty before the baby come. c1945 Haun Hawk’s Done 210 Me? I wouldn’t care for any more—I’ve had a-plenty. 1962 Dykeman Tall Woman 34 “Well, that’s a-plenty of tears,” she said. 1989 Matewan OHP-22 We always had a plenty [of food] now, as far as what it was, yeah, might not have been the best of all, but we had a plenty of it.

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