Cheap American couple taking a while (3-3)
I believe the answer is:
two-bit
'cheap' is the definition.
(two-bit can mean worthless or poor-quality)
'american couple taking a while' is the wordplay.
'american couple' becomes 'two' (two people or things. I am not sure about the 'american' bit.).
'taking' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a while' becomes 'bit' (both can mean an amount of time).
'two'+'bit'='TWO-BIT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for two-bit that I've seen before include "Cheap (US colloq.)" , "Cheap, worthless (US)" , "Paltry" , "Inferior - cheap" , "Cheap - insignificant" .)