mom-and-pop
adjective
1
: being or relating to a small owner-operated business
a mom-and-pop grocery
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Smuggling people across the border, once something of a mom-and-pop operation, increasingly came under the control of organized crime.
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Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
Tantrum, a mom-and-pop toy shop in the Richmond, has gifts for babies and kids of all ages, including puzzles, games and dolls.
—Nadia Lopez, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
Electronic companies, including computer hardware, mobile phones, laptops, and desktops, employ many people in addition to mom-and-pop and chain restaurants.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
But what about the little guy—how will aggressive and broad tariffs affect your favorite mom-and-pop shop?
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
Tantrum, a mom-and-pop toy shop in the Richmond, has gifts for babies and kids of all ages, including puzzles, games and dolls.
—Nadia Lopez, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
Electronic companies, including computer hardware, mobile phones, laptops, and desktops, employ many people in addition to mom-and-pop and chain restaurants.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
But what about the little guy—how will aggressive and broad tariffs affect your favorite mom-and-pop shop?
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Mom-and-pop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mom-and-pop. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.
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