mom-and-pop
adjective
1
: being or relating to a small owner-operated business
a mom-and-pop grocery
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In a nearby shopping arcade that once had many closed mom-and-pop shops, business has picked up after another viral social media shot showed Mount Fuji looming over the street.
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ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
When development began on Company Retreat, the news was full of stories about venture-capital firms swallowing mom-and-pop shops.
—Angelina Mazza, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026
This is no mom-and-pop operation, rather an empire of alliums and tubers.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
Watch On Longing for the colorful tumbling force of fantastic '80s-era sci-fi sword-and-sorcery flicks that dominated multiplexes and mom-and-pop video rental shops in the Reagan years?
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
When development began on Company Retreat, the news was full of stories about venture-capital firms swallowing mom-and-pop shops.
—Angelina Mazza, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026
This is no mom-and-pop operation, rather an empire of alliums and tubers.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
Watch On Longing for the colorful tumbling force of fantastic '80s-era sci-fi sword-and-sorcery flicks that dominated multiplexes and mom-and-pop video rental shops in the Reagan years?
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Mom-and-pop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mom-and-pop. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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