Usually means: Minimal personnel for essential operations.
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  1. skeleton staff: Collins English Dictionary
  2. skeleton staff: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. skeleton staff: Wiktionary

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  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

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  1. Skeleton Staff: Management Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (skeleton staff)

noun:  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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