1. (often followed by ‘of’) a large number, amount or extent
   "a mickle of letters";
   - batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mountain, muckle, passel [US], peck, pile [informal], plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack [informal], tidy sum, wad, bunch [informal], scad [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: mickles

Type of: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity

Encyclopedia: Mickle, Charles