"полтора землекопа" meaning in Russian

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “one and a half diggers”; referring to a common textbook word problem about the number of diggers required to dig a ditch if the diggers are working at some fixed rate for a certain length of time; popularized by a 1965 children's book and a 1969 cartoon.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "полтора́ землеко́па",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "poltorá zemlekópa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "head": "полтора́ землеко́па"
      },
      "expansion": "полтора́ землеко́па • (poltorá zemlekópa)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "phrase",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one man and his dog, one or two people (a very small group)"
      ],
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          "one man and his dog",
          "one man and his dog"
        ],
        [
          "one or two",
          "one or two"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous) one man and his dog, one or two people (a very small group)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "раз, два и обчёлся"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an obviously absurd mathematical result"
      ],
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          "mathematical",
          "mathematical"
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          "result",
          "result"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pəɫtɐˈra zʲɪmlʲɪˈkopə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "полтора землекопа"
}

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    "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Russian idioms",
    "Russian lemmas",
    "Russian multiword terms",
    "Russian phrases",
    "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “one and a half diggers”; referring to a common textbook word problem about the number of diggers required to dig a ditch if the diggers are working at some fixed rate for a certain length of time; popularized by a 1965 children's book and a 1969 cartoon.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "полтора́ землеко́па",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "poltorá zemlekópa",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "полтора́ землеко́па • (poltorá zemlekópa)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "phrase",
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    {
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        "Russian humorous terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one man and his dog, one or two people (a very small group)"
      ],
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        ],
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        ],
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        "(humorous) one man and his dog, one or two people (a very small group)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "раз, два и обчёлся"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        ],
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pəɫtɐˈra zʲɪmlʲɪˈkopə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "полтора землекопа"
}