minimart

English

Etymology

mini- +‎ mart

Noun

minimart (plural minimarts)

  1. A convenience store
    • 1988 July 15, Tom Valeo, “Happy Happy Good Show”, 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.
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