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minimart

noun

Etymology

From mini- + mart.

  1. derived from mercātus
  2. derived from marcātus
  3. derived from *markat✻
  4. derived from mart
  5. prefixed as minimart — “mini + mart”

Definitions

  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.
    • 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA