What is a British word for many or ‘a lot’ Two syllables.
“Many”.
Or, I don’t know. There are dozens of words in the Eglish language for “many”. I don’t know which ones the colonies don’t use.
Oodles.
bumload
arseload
loadsa
scads
Two syllables.
Ooops! Missed that part…
If you mean the adjective many, rather than the nouns people have suggested so far*, I can’t think of many two-syllable synonyms. Thesaurus.com suggests profuse, sundry, divers, umpteen, maybe legion.
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- except loadsa, that one works
Over two hours? I’m sorry the puppy died because you were so late with a reply.
But I’m thinking bumload or arseload.
“scads of” and oodles may work as well.
OK, so now I am curious.
I thought you were trying to solve a crossword puzzle or something.
Are you writing a song?
Coaching Madonna on her British accent?
I immediately thought of “donkey’s,” as in “donkey’s years.” However, I don’t think “donkey’s” on its own makes any sense, “donkey’s year’s” being an idiom.
My boyfriend says “I haven’t seen him in donkeys” all the time (born-and-bred Ulsterman).
There’s also ‘shedloads’.
Also shitloads and scadloads.
I’m quite sure he says “I haven’t seen him in dunkeys” 
Plenty
Do you say “heaps”, or is that just Australian?
‘Heaps’ actually sounds rather American to my ears.
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