skeleton crew
/ˈskel·ɪ·tən ˌkru/ n [C] (also skeleton staff, /ˈskel·ɪ·tən ˌstæf/)Definition
› the smallest number of people needed to keep a business or organization operating: On weekends the hospital has a skeleton staff.
(Definition of skeleton crew n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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