Speakur

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in a couple of shakes

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
in- a -cou-ple of shakes
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Synonym of in two shakes (“very quickly; without delay”).

Synonyms

in two shakes

Questions

What does in a couple of shakes mean?
Synonym of in two shakes (“very quickly; without delay”).

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