Mom and Pop
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Atmospheric dive bars, funky/punky mom-and-pop shops and reasonable rents began attracting artists, musicians and bohemian slackers and scenesters as residents in the early ’90s.
From Los Angeles Times
"There are a ton of mom-and-pop shops in Ukraine where people are making drones and assembling them in their apartments, in their garages and donating them to the forces. They've become the go-to weapon for the Ukrainians."
From BBC
The street was alive with Armenian markets and mom-and-pop bakeries.
From Los Angeles Times
Shailendra Singh, managing director of PeakXV Partners - a global venture capital firm which has some $9bn invested across several high-profile Indian start-ups including Groww and Pine Labs - attributes the robust demand for these IPOs to better regulation and a wider diversity of participants, including small mom-and-pop investors, mutual funds and insurers, pumping money into India's equity markets.
From BBC
Today, Drizzle is sold in about 20 mom-and-pop stores across New Jersey and New York.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
