mom-and-pop
adjective
1
: being or relating to a small owner-operated business
a mom-and-pop grocery
2
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Just outside downtown, this narrow stretch of former warehouses is now lined with markets, mom-and-pop shops and restaurants that spill onto the sidewalks all summer long.
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Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 19 June 2026
This mom-and-pop image clashes with the reality that the independents, as they are known, are highly organized into an alphabet soup of newly influential lobbying groups — with Hildebrand a member of several.
—Alex Cuadros, ProPublica, 16 June 2026
That retail enthusiasm was specific to SpaceX and did not reflect a large overall surge in single-stock activity among these mom-and-pop investors.
—Tobias Burns, CNBC, 15 June 2026
Just a few lines of ink could drive a lot of business to the affordable mom-and-pop shops that are Rosati’s beat.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
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Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 19 June 2026
This mom-and-pop image clashes with the reality that the independents, as they are known, are highly organized into an alphabet soup of newly influential lobbying groups — with Hildebrand a member of several.
—Alex Cuadros, ProPublica, 16 June 2026
That retail enthusiasm was specific to SpaceX and did not reflect a large overall surge in single-stock activity among these mom-and-pop investors.
—Tobias Burns, CNBC, 15 June 2026
Just a few lines of ink could drive a lot of business to the affordable mom-and-pop shops that are Rosati’s beat.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
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“Mom-and-pop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mom-and-pop. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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