mom-and-pop
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mom-and-pop¹
adjective mom and pop · Mom and Pop · Mom-and-Pop
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Small and unsophisticated, typically because operated by a couple or a family.
Mom-and-pop diners are disappearing from American streets and being replaced by bland corporate giants.
Similar: ma-and-pa
noun mom-and-pops · mom and pop · Mom and Pop · Mom-and-Pop
- Alternative form of mom and pop (“a mom-and-pop operation”).
Mom-and-Pop²
adjective
- Alternative letter-case form of mom-and-pop That’s how we discovered New England: back roads, Mom-and-Pop diners, historic markers and all.
noun Mom-and-Pops
- Alternative letter-case form of mom and pop The new retail marketing companies, being highly profit-oriented, will be interested in the “cream” of the marketplace. The “cream” will not be the Mom-and-Pops and corner service stations of rural Chesterfield County.
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adj small and unsophisticated because run by a couple
| 中文 | 夫妻 fūqī |
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| Italiano | a conduzione familiare |
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