minimart

See also: mini-mart

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mini- +‎ mart.

Pronunciation

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Noun

minimart (plural minimarts)

  1. A convenience store.
    • 1988 July 15, Tom Valeo, “Happy Happy Good Show”, in Chicago Reader‎[1]:
      The joke is that these two men are sitting in front of a gas station that has been transformed into a minimart capable of supplying anything—even the kosher pickled herring requested by an Orthodox Jew.
    • 2016, Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea, spoken by Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck):
      I went to the minimart…It’s about a fifteen minute walk both ways. But I didn’t wanna drive cause I was really wasted.

Descendants

  • → Lao: ມິນິມາກ (mi ni māk)
  • → Thai: มินิมาร์ท (mí-ní-màat)

Translations

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