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.