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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lot |
| Phonetic Transcription : lɒt |
Definition of lots
Origin :- Old English hlot "object (anything from dice to straw, but often a chip of wood with a name inscribed on it) used to determine someone's share," also "what falls to a person by lot," from Proto-Germanic *khlutom (cf. Old Norse hlutr "lot, share," Old Frisian hlot "lot," Old Saxon hlot, Middle Dutch, Dutch lot, Old High German hluz "share of land," German Los; Old English hleotan "to cast lots, to foretell"), of unknown origin. The object was placed with others in a receptacle, which was shaken, the winner being the one that fell out first. Hence, to cast lots. In some cases the lots were drawn by hand. The word was adopted from Germanic into the Romanic languages (cf. lottery, lotto). Meaning "choice resulting from the casting of lots" first attested c.1200.
- Sense of "plot of land" is first recorded 1630s (distribution of the best property in new settlements often determined by casting lots), that of "group, collection" is 1725, from notion of auction lots. The generalized sense of "great many" is first attested in 1812. To cast (one's) lot with another is to agree to share winnings.
- noun great quantity
- I'd rather trust your judgment now than lots of older men down there.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- There will be lots of work for me before this night is over.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- "Lots of those fellows about in my day," said the Mound-Builder.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- I know what I am saying for I have come here lots and lots of times just to listen.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- But some on 'em did have lots of work on their hands, I couldn't dispute it.
- Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 5. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
- Lots of good books don't sell even when they are advertised.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- I did as he directed, and, on getting on board, I fell in with lots of acquaintances.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- You've had lots of birthdays, and this is the first one I've heard of.
- Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
- Ellis was only saying that verse in fun, just as lots of people do.
- Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
- "There are lots of people we haven't provided for," he said.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
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