skeleton staffnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈskel.ɪ.tən ˌstɑːf/us/ˈskel.ɪ.t̬ən ˌstæf/also skeleton crewC1 the smallest number of people needed for a business or organization to operate:
The warehouse has a skeleton staff on Sundays.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Workers in general
- a man of action idiom
- beaver
- drudge
- gang
- graft
- jack-of-all-trades
- labour
- manpower
- night shift
- peon
- personnel
- plod
- relay
- staffing
- team player
- temp
- the shop floor
- tradesman
- workhorse
- working party
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