coupla orig. U.S.
(ˈkʌplə)
Colloquial form of couple of.
| 1908 H. Green Actors' Boarding House 254 A coupla parties is come for rooms! 1934 D. L. Sayers Nine Tailors iii. ii. 276 He'd had nothing to eat..for a coupla days. 1965 H. C. Rae Skinner ii. xiii. 119 I'll manage to palm the thing off on some mug for a coupla quick quid profit. |