mom-and-pop (mŏmən-pŏp)
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Tweet adj. 1. Of or being a small business that is typically owned and run by members of a family: a mom-and-pop grocery store. 2. Resembling or evocative of the small-scale, homelike, or informal atmosphere of such a business: "toasted the advantages of mom-and-pop journalism" (Newsweek). |
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