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two men and a dog en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. Synonym of one man and his dog (“almost nobody; very few people”).
    • But Jay wouldn't let him help out, even when the business was just two men and a dog to begin with. 2014, Sophie Weston, The Bedroom Assignment, →ISBN:
    • By present-day standards, of course, these count as just two men and a dog, but were a remarkable concentration for the day, certainly far beyond anything to be found in the private sector. In actual numbers the staff had not much changed since the amalgamation of 1850, but there had been a significant accretion in skills. And the improvement was to continue, both in numbers and quality. 2011, C. I. Hamilton, The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, →ISBN:
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see two, men, dog.

Synonyms

one man and his dog