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Did the person happen to have a southern accent?
As someone from the south, that’s what “healthy” means when used to describe an amount of something. It means “a lot”.
Also, if you say someone looks healthy you’re basically calling them fat, depending on tone of voice and inflection.
South? Like Australia?
But yeah "a healthy amount" in UK English too means"a large amount of"
Sorry, I meant south like Mississippi.
Similar to "generous" or "liberal"
Yeah what I was going to say, too. "Healthy" in the context of an amount usually means "be quite generous".