From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha couplea couplea) TWOtwo things or people of the same kind SYN a fewa couple of There are a couple of girls waiting for you. b) FEW/NOT MANYa small number of things I just need to make a couple more calls.a couple of You’ll be all right in a couple of days. → couple
Examples from the Corpus
couple of• The only casualties I hear of are a couple of pleasure boats which dragged their moorings and were damaged on the shore.• The Real team made a huge breakthrough with SureStream for G2 a couple of years ago.• He said the changes would be announced in a couple of weeks.• We ate, saw some exhibits, took Janir on a couple of miniature rides and played volleyball.• Nevertheless, we were given the green light - unfortunately, poor Molly was accidentally stepped on a couple of times.• He rearranged a couple of silver paperweights and brushed his long white hair with his hand.• All the standard items, but there were a couple of puzzling additions in a childish hand at the bottom.• A couple of hours kip in one of the detention rooms hadn't done him much good, and all for what? 