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two men and a dog

two men and a dog noun: synonym of one man and his dog (“almost nobody; very few people”).

Noun

two men and a dog

  1. Synonym of one man and his dog (“almost nobody; very few people”).
    • 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...2011, C. I. Hamilton, The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, →ISBN
    • 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
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see two, men, dog.

Synonyms of two men and a dog

Questions about two men and a dog

What does two men and a dog mean?
Two men and a dog means synonym of one man and his dog (“almost nobody; very few people”).
What part of speech is two men and a dog?
Two men and a dog is a noun.

Words near two men and a dog in the dictionary

  1. two lamps burning and no ship at sea
  2. two left feet
  3. two left hands
  4. two little ducks
  5. two Ls
  6. two men and a dog
  7. Two Mile Flat
  8. two o'clock
  9. two of a kind
  10. two pair
  11. two pairs

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