passel

[pas-uh l] /ˈpæs əl/
noun
1.
a group or lot of indeterminate number:
a passel of dignitaries.
Origin
1825-35; alteration of parcel
British Dictionary definitions for passel

passel

/ˈpæsəl/
noun
1.
(informal or dialect, mainly US) a group or quantity of no fixed number
Word Origin
variant of parcel
Word Origin and History for passel
n.

1835, dialectal variant of parcel (n.).