Ma-and-pa

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of mom-and-pop. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of ma-and-pa. alt-of, not-comparable

    "Road nostalgia was carried to full flower in the press and television reports on the end of 66. These became virtually a genre in themselves: the Lament for Route 66. Sixty-six, we were told, was being bypassed. The road of the Okies and of the migration to California, with its lovely little Ma-and-Pa diners, its motor courts and teepee motels, was being killed by the cold, impersonal Interstates."

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mom-and-pop

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"Road nostalgia was carried to full flower in the press and television reports on the end of 66. These became virtually a genre in themselves: the Lament for Route 66. Sixty-six, we were told, was being bypassed. The road of the Okies and of the migration to California, with its lovely little Ma-and-Pa diners, its motor courts and teepee motels, was being killed by the cold, impersonal Interstates."

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