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mom-and-pops

mom-and-pops is the plural of mom-and-pop.

Meaning of mom-and-pop

Adjective

mom-and-pop (not comparable)

  1. (Canada, US, typically of a business) Small and unsophisticated, typically because operated by a couple or a family.
    • Mom-and-pop diners are disappearing from American streets and being replaced by bland corporate giants.
    Synonyms:
    ma-and-pa

Noun capitalized: Mom-and-Pops

Mom-and-Pops

  1. (plural) plural of Mom-and-Pop

Questions about mom-and-pops

What is mom-and-pops the plural of?
Mom-and-pops is the plural of mom-and-pop.
What part of speech is mom-and-pops?
Mom-and-pops is a noun.

Words near mom-and-pops in the dictionary

  1. mom cave
  2. mom caves
  3. mom jeans
  4. mom test
  5. mom-and-pop
  6. mom-and-pops
  7. mom-in-law
  8. moma
  9. Momaday
  10. Momadays
  11. momager

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mom-and-pops (page history and authors); Mom-and-Pops (page history and authors); mom-and-pop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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