couple three
detEtymology couple + three
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US, Colloquial Two or three or a similarly small number of.
- So he brought in a full quart of whiskey, poured part of it out, left a couple, three inches left in the bottle.1976, Mendocino County Remembered: An Oral History, Mendocino County Historical Society:
- I figure we might make it to the bed--if you're set on being traditional--in a couple, three hours.1998, Nora Roberts, Sanctuary:
4 more examples
- One day not met, yet, nor even on that street alone has been sighted, then a couple three days later after the fullness of fades, they go.2001, Susan Perly, Love Street:
- Then why don't you let me take the paper over for a couple-three days and ask Avis to finish the job?2004, Bernard Malamud, A New Life:
- General Chalmers is camped a couple-three miles in back of us.2007, Harry Turtledove, Fort Pillow:
- Cops picked her up at the Greyhound station a couple-three winters ago, shivering, hungry, dirty as a gutter rat.2012, Loree Lough, A Man of Honor:
- Synonyms
- a couple two three