Galore
(2 syl., hard). A sailor's term, meaning “in abundance.”
(Irish, go leor, in abundance.)
For his Poll he had trinkets and gold galore,
Besides of prize-money quite a store.
Jack Robinson.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Galore from Fact Monster:
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