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beaucoup


adjective Informal: Usually Facetious.

  1. many; numerous; much: It’s a hard job, but it pays beaucoup money.
  2. large; significant: a beaucoup building project.

French, literally “a great heap,” from beau “fine, great” (see beau (n.)) + coup “a stroke,” also “a throw,” hence, “a heap” (see coup (n.)). Cf. Spanish golpe “multitude.”

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