"two men and a dog" meaning in English

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          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "But Jay wouldn't let him help out, even when the business was just two men and a dog to begin with.",
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        "Synonym of one man and his dog (“almost nobody; very few people”)"
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