"who-knows-how-many" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-who-knows-how-many.wav [US]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} who-knows-how-many (not comparable)
  1. (informal) an unspecified number of. Tags: informal, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-who-knows-how-many-en-adj-2r773JZf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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