Plenties

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plenty \Plen"ty\, n.; pl. {Plenties}, in --Shak. [OE. plentee,
     plente, OF. plent['e], fr. L. plenitas, fr. plenus full. See
     {Full}, a., and cf. {Complete}.]
     Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency;
     specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample
     supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness. "Plenty of


     corn and wine." --Gen. xxvii. 28. "Promises Britain peace and
     plenty." --Shak.
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           Houses of office stuffed with plentee.   --Chaucer.
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           The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the
           world.                                   --Thomson.
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     Syn: Abundance; exuberance. See {Abundance}.
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