helluvalot
English
Noun
helluvalot (plural not attested)
- (colloquial) A very large amount.
- 1999, E. L. Doctorow, Christopher D. Morris, Conversations with E. L. Doctorow (page 29)
- I think that, reduced to a very simple statement, it means a helluvalot to me whether Auschwitz actually happened or was simply imagined by someone.
- 2011, Elisa Paige, Killing Time
- Struggling into a sitting position, I clamped both hands over my shredded thigh. There was a helluvalot of blood, but it was pouring, not pumping, which meant the bastard missed the artery.
- 1999, E. L. Doctorow, Christopher D. Morris, Conversations with E. L. Doctorow (page 29)
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