What does one man and a dog mean?

one man and a dog

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English

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"The Guardian newspaper http://society.guardian.co.uk/publicvoices/story/0,,670358,00.html I came to Winchester, first as a summer volunteer digger, working for £2 a week and my keep, so I think I'm quite well paid now. Then I became part of the rescue archaeology service, which was one man and a dog - I was the dog."

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