mom-and-pop

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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).

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