coupla
/ˈkʌplə/contraction informal
Couple of: this is going to cost you a coupla quid I won’t be online much for the next coupla days...
- Maybe the Giants should get a coupla top prospects.
- The fixtures weren't fair to us a coupla months ago, hence our inability to drop our best players.
- Now anyone with a coupla grand and enough ambition can produce useless plastic junk that will end up in a landfill.
Origin
Early 20th century: alteration.
- mercaptoacetic acid
- mercaptoethanol
- mercaptopurine
- mercapturic acid
- Mercator chart
- Mercator, Gerardus
- Mercatorial
- Mercator projection
- Mercator's chart
- Merced
- Mercedarian
- mercenarily
- mercenariness
- mercenary
- mercer
- mercerisation
- mercerise
- mercerization
- mercerize
- Mercer, Johnny
- mercery
- merch
- merchandisable
- merchandise
- merchandiser