The adjective use of a couple, without of, has been called nonstandard, but it is not. In both British and American English it is standard before a word (such as more or less) indicating degree.
Its use before an ordinary plural noun is an Americanism, common in speech and in writing that is not meant to be formal or elevated.
It is most frequently used with periods of time
and numbers.
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