a good few

idiom

chiefly British, informal

: fairly many

Not all our students go on to university, but a good few of them do.

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Both of them English, both young but with a good few seasons of Premier League experience behind them, and, crucially, both of them at clubs who have been under pressure to sell players to comply with Premier League PSR rules: Aston Villa’s Jacob Ramsey and Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher. —

Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 31 July 2024 You do get used to this, of course, after a good few hours behind the wheel. —

Jeremy White, WIRED, 5 Aug. 2024 Four teams, including Sporting Club Jacksonville and a women’s outfit owned by Indy Eleven, are set to join in 2025, with a good few more potentially joining later as well. —

Neel Shelat, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024 Bonus points for matching her light pink gloss — our reigning queen of the red lip was yet to find her signature look for a good few years yet. —

Esther Newman, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2024 It’s been a good few months for catching up on the work of the playwright John Patrick Shanley. —

Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024 It’s been a good few weeks for the Japanese stock market. —

Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 4 Mar. 2024 There were a good few other poor results for car brands independently tested at the winter El Prix 2024. —

Alistair Charlton, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024 The movie theater business, after all, has not had a good few years. —

Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023