noun
hantle
Hantle (noun) means a large amount or number of something.
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A large amount or number of something.
"An Irish creature, Erbert Ellison was the name, ran the place for the trustees, he said, but if you might believe all the stories you heard he ran a hantle more silver into his own pouch than he ran into theirs."
— Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair) (1932)
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Etymology
Of obscure origin. Perhaps from Middle English *antel, *antæl, from Old English *antæl, *andtæl, equivalent to and- + tale (“number”); or more likely of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish antal, Danish antal (“a number, multitude”), Dutch aantal (“a number, a great many”), and German Anzahl (“a number, quantity, multitude”). The addition of initial h is believed to be due to influence from Middle English handfull (“handful”).
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What is the meaning of hantle?
"hantle" (noun) means a large amount or number of something.
What is another word for hantle?
Other words for "hantle" include busload, bucketful, abundance, bucketload, buttload, boatload.
What is the opposite of hantle?
Opposites of "hantle" include modicum, smidgen.
