plenty as blackberries
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Meaning · English
Very plentiful, very abundant.
Register: archaic
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
Mr. [Percy Bysshe] Shelley, your reason? Were this pressed hard upon you, you would probably with [John] Falstaff exclaim, "If reasons were as plenty as black-berries, I would not give you one upon compulsion!"
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “plenty as blackberries” mean?
Very plentiful, very abundant.
Is “plenty as blackberries” formal or informal?
plenty as blackberries is generally archaic.