| 单词 | ma-and-pa |
| 释义 | > as lemmasma-and-pa ma-and-pa adj. chiefly U.S. denoting a small business, esp. a shop, owned and operated by a couple or family; (in extended use) applied to other similarly small-scale commercial enterprises (cf. mom-and-pop adj.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [adjective] > relating to shop > types of shop high streetc1600 co-op1872 multiple1903 fixed price1907 serve-self1909 serve-yourself1909 quick-service1910 self-serve1910 self-service1912 drive-through1918 Army and Navy1919 drive-in1930 one-stop1933 Army-Navy1934 full-service1934 mom-and-pop1942 walkround1950 ma-and-pa1965 pop-up1993 1965 Blue Island Calumet Park (Illinois) Sun-Standard 8 Apr. 6/5 The man who owned two small ‘Ma and Pa’ grocery stores between 121st and 122nd streets on Western avenue. 1973 J. Gores Final Notice i. 6 Ma and Pa businesses alternated with the houses or occupied their ground floors. 1979 New Yorker 15 Jan. 6 Ali's Alley... Sort of a ma-and-pa jazz loft, owned and managed by drummer Kashied Ali. 1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 18 July 9/1 A few years ago, there were at least 200 or more of them.., mostly ‘Ma and Pa’ operators with strong backs... One by one, they have been taken over by bigger competitors. 1994 Chicago Tribune 21 July iii. 3/2 The boutique, or ma and pa, firms that once lined LaSalle Street and were the hallmarks of these exchanges are being supplanted rapidly by international financial behemoth. < as lemmas |
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