"skeleton staff" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1947 March and April, “The Position of the Festiniog Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 74",
          "text": "The line was closed officially on August 9, , and only a skeleton staff retained.",
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          "ref": "2004, Des Conway, The Event Manager's Bible: How to Plan and Deliver an Event, page 121",
          "text": "But you must keep skeleton staff on duty at all car parks while the event is still open.",
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          "ref": "2018, Lee Child, Past Tense, page 63",
          "text": "The police department was operating with a skeleton staff.",
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        "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."
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