Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus./W.I.) a great deal, much.

1902		Truth (Sydney) 28 Dec. 8/3: She makes the pace a trifle warm, / My word that female does.
1924		C.J. Dennis ‘Nocturne’ in Rose of Spadgers 51: If you are flush in Spadgers, ’tain’t good form [...] To flash yer gilt an’ go the pace too warm.