a couple three

[Mark Kohut]

from the Urban Dictionary (online).....any OED owners want to give us the definitive etymology?......
   
  I first encountered the phrase in V.  I had.have never heard it in my circles of life, but some friends have.
   
                      5 up, 7 down            originating in southeast Michigan in the 1960's, the term means a uncertain quantity, i.e. It may be two (but rarely is), it could be three but is usually more, but is seldom as much as "quite a few". 
  I told her a couple three times to get down off the bar or put her panties back on before they throw us out.



       
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