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skeleton staffs

skeleton staffs is the plural of skeleton staff.

Meaning of skeleton staff

Noun

skeleton staff (plural skeleton staffs)

  1. The minimum number of employees needed to operate a business during a vacation, weekend, or other period when people do not normally work, or full staffing is not necessary.
    • The line was closed officially on August 9, and only a skeleton staff retained.1947 March and April, “The Position of the Festiniog Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 74

Questions about skeleton staffs

What is skeleton staffs the plural of?
Skeleton staffs is the plural of skeleton staff.

Words near skeleton staffs in the dictionary

  1. skeleton sleds
  2. skeleton slider
  3. skeleton sliders
  4. skeleton sliding
  5. skeleton staff
  6. skeleton staffs
  7. skeleton suit
  8. skeleton suits
  9. skeleton tobogganing
  10. skeleton watch
  11. skeleton watches

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