minimart
See also: mini-mart
English
Alternative forms
- mini-mart
Etymology
mini- + mart
Noun
minimart (plural minimarts)
- A convenience store
- 1988 July 15, Tom Valeo, “Happy Happy Good Show”, in Chicago Reader:
- 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.
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Descendants
- → Lao: ມິນິມາກ (mi ni māk)
- → Thai: มินิมาร์ท
Translations
convenience store — see convenience store