mom and pop
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A small business, often but not always owned or operated by a family.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mom, and, pop.
- Alternative form of mom and pop (“a mom-and-pop operation”).
- Alternative form of mom and pop.
- Alternative form of mom and pop.
Adjective
- Alternative form of mom-and-pop.
- Small and unsophisticated, typically because operated by a couple or a family.
- Alternative form of mom-and-pop.
- Alternative form of mom-and-pop.
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