mom-and-pop


mom-and-pop

(mŏm′ən-pŏp′)adj.1. Of or being a small business that is typically owned and run by members of a family: a mom-and-pop grocery store.2. Resembling or evocative of the small-scale, homelike, or informal atmosphere of such a business: "toasted the advantages of mom-and-pop journalism" (Newsweek).

mom′-and-pop′



adj. being a small retail business usu. owned and operated by members of a family. [1950–55, Amer.]