mom-and-pop
adjective
1
: being or relating to a small owner-operated business
a mom-and-pop grocery
2
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Hasidic shoppers in Williamsburg almost exclusively patronize mom-and-pop shops, the local ones along Lee Avenue and the adjacent streets that sell shoes and kosher poultry and Judaica and more.
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Talia Lavin, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2024
Compliance, says Peterson, can be particularly difficult for mom-and-pop retailers.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
And at the center of it all, on the sport’s biggest stage, is a literal mom-and-pop shop that, less than a decade and a half ago, was struggling to find a foothold in football as anything but a joke.
—Alex Prewitt, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
Some are just local mom-and-pop accommodations that have gained massive popularity over the years, while others were the summer homes or vacation destinations of cardinals, dukes, and queens.
—Nick Mafi, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2024
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Talia Lavin, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2024
Compliance, says Peterson, can be particularly difficult for mom-and-pop retailers.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
And at the center of it all, on the sport’s biggest stage, is a literal mom-and-pop shop that, less than a decade and a half ago, was struggling to find a foothold in football as anything but a joke.
—Alex Prewitt, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
Some are just local mom-and-pop accommodations that have gained massive popularity over the years, while others were the summer homes or vacation destinations of cardinals, dukes, and queens.
—Nick Mafi, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Mom-and-pop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mom-and-pop. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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