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Exodus74 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Could I express this idea in this way

a parcel of scamps rules over the world concerned about their profits, and they do not care about people
  

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I think you mean a 'passel'.

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I think you mean a 'passel'.
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parcel

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: a company, collection, or group of persons, animals, or things
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parcel
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CliveKind of a Gabby Hayes version of the word.
Sort of matches 'scamps', doesn't it.

A passel of scamps rules the roost, jest stuck on rakin' it in. Them varmints don't give a hoot about people.
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"parcel of scamps" means group of scamps,
I found this word into english-russian dictionary
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exodus74"parcel of scamps
As I said, it is mixed register. The meaning is correct, though.
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