The word for today is…
passel (noun):
: a large number or amount
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Loss of the sound of "r" after a vowel and before a consonant in the middle of a word is common in spoken English. This linguistic idiosyncrasy has given the language a few new words, including cuss from curse, bust from burst, and passel from parcel.
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