mom-and-pop
adjective
1
: being or relating to a small owner-operated business
a mom-and-pop grocery
2
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Idaho Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling could force some ski areas out of business, operators say
The December 2023 decision from Idaho’s highest court caused great consternation for Idaho’s 19 ski areas, which range from giant Sun Valley to tiny, one-chairlift mom-and-pop ski hills.
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Betsy Z. Russell, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2025
These are good shared hosting plans for a mom-and-pop shop that just wants to list its inventory.
—PC Magazine, 24 June 2025
Siam Square, a mom-and-pop Thai restaurant in Indianapolis, is also feeling the strain of the tariffs and the travel ban.
—Sanvi Bangalore, NBC news, 22 June 2025
And all that while the team itself, no matter its global prominence, was a relative mom-and-pop shop until this week’s record-breaking, $10 billion sale to Los Angeles Dodgers majority owner Mark Walter.
How will the Lakers look in the coming years?
—James Jackson, New York Times, 20 June 2025
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Betsy Z. Russell, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2025
These are good shared hosting plans for a mom-and-pop shop that just wants to list its inventory.
—PC Magazine, 24 June 2025
Siam Square, a mom-and-pop Thai restaurant in Indianapolis, is also feeling the strain of the tariffs and the travel ban.
—Sanvi Bangalore, NBC news, 22 June 2025
And all that while the team itself, no matter its global prominence, was a relative mom-and-pop shop until this week’s record-breaking, $10 billion sale to Los Angeles Dodgers majority owner Mark Walter.
How will the Lakers look in the coming years?
—James Jackson, New York Times, 20 June 2025
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“Mom-and-pop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mom-and-pop. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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