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slew (2)

slew [ sloo ] (plural slews) or slue [ sloo ] (plural slues)


noun 
Definition:
 
large number: a large quantity or number of something ( informal )
They hit us with a whole slew of complaints.

[Mid-19th century. < Irish sluagh "multitude," later form of Old Irish slúag "host, army"]
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