mom-and-pop in English

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          "sense": "small and unsophisticated because run by a couple",
          "word": "a conduzione familiare"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small and unsophisticated because run by a couple",
      "word": "a conduzione familiare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mom-and-pop"
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"mom-and-pop" meaning in English

Adjective