Paquet : nm (word from old French Easter, from Dutch pack : package).
1. A pack of: large amount (from).
A bundle of shares.
He touched a packet of banknotes (wad).
Absolute: Touch the package, a large sum.
Quotation from the French writer Marcel Aymé (1902-1967): “You got a nice bundle, huh? ".
Quote from the American writer Truman Capote, by his birth name Truman Streckfus Persons (1924-1984): “Winifred's uncle, the one who has a garage on Broadway, he buys used cars. He would give you a nice package for yours,” in his novel La Traversée de l’été (posthumously published in 2005).
Phrase: Going all out: using the big guys means ; give sound Pigmentation.
Formless mass. Packets of snow. A packet of water, of rain.
sea package: mass ofsea water that falls on the deck of a boat, a jetty.
2. Familiar Meaning (People): It's a bunch of fat ! A pack ofos.
A packet of nerves.
The pack of forwards, in rugby (pack).
3. Colloquial phrase: To give, to drop one's package to someone, to give him a severe and deserved criticism.
He got his package (his account).
French writer quote Émile Zola (1840-1902): “Let her be quiet or I will drop her package”.