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Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1867, OED Evaluation: Colloquial. Originally U.S.

Large or unlimited quantities; a very great number or amount of something

Example	Meaning
Ah jus-- just the rides now, you-know back in my day you didn't- like nowadays you-know kids get to do so much right, in my days money was you-know restricted and you maybe- even when I was raising my kids, you-know I only- they got one game, one ride, and one treat. And- and now you just go and you can spend oodles. Hundreds of dollars at a fair you-know.	Lots

Speaker: Leah Thompson, Gender: Female, Age at interview: 56, Interview: 2008, Burnt River

Example	Meaning
Yeah it was in the last three years that somebody- nobody applied for it. Yeah. Now this year they said they had oodles. Yeah.	Lots

Speaker: Barbara Grant, Gender: Female, Age at interview: 71, Interview: 2010, North Bay

Example	Meaning
But the one- that was my mom's. I di-- I did that for her. And the one out there. I-mean I've got oodles of them but since we re-did the house, they're in closets.	Lots

Speaker: Connie O’Brien, Gender: Female, Age at interview: 67, Interview: 2011, Kirkland Lake

Example	Meaning
Speaker: Yeah, they herding the cows, yeah. Interviewer: And cats? Farm cats or- Speaker: Oodles of cats.	Lots

Speaker: Myra Crowley, Gender: Female, Age at interview: 91, Interview: 2012, Almonte

Example	Meaning
And we would have oodles of them, you-know?	Large or unlimited quantities; a very great number or amount of something.

Speaker: Sarah Bedard, Gender: Female, Age at interview: 73, Interview: 2014, Wilno