minimart

noun

minimart

noun

Etymology From mini- + mart.

1

A convenience store.

  • 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.1988 July 15, Tom Valeo, “Happy Happy Good Show”, in Chicago Reader:
  • 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.2016, Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea, spoken by Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck):

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