Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

two men and a dog

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English

Syllables: two -men and a -dog
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of one man and his dog (“almost nobody; very few people”).

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see two, men, dog.

Example Sentences

"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."
"But Jay wouldn't let him help out, even when the business was just two men and a dog to begin with."

Synonyms

one man and his dog

Questions

What does two men and a dog mean?: Synonym of one man and his dog (“almost nobody; very few people”).

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