lotta
(ˈlɒtə)
Also lotter.
Colloq. contraction of lot of.
| 1906 E. Nesbit Railway Children viii. 175, I gets a lotter green paint and I paints her stem to stern. 1928 [see bullshit 1]. 1944 C. Himes Black on Black (1973) 198 Lotta hustlers up there. 1945 A. Kober Parm Me 34, I hadda do a lotta talking to get her to come. 1965 ‘D. Shannon’ Death-Bringers (1966) xiii. 164 A lotta people know my name who I don't know. 1969 Coast to Coast 1967–68 9 No, I'm a lotta things, but I ain't crazy. 1971 Black World Apr. 56 Lotta big talk, but when you get there nothin is happenin. |