one man and a dog

English - English

Definition of one man and a dog in English English dictionary

a small startup company, usually in a computer or technological field

He started work as the proverbial one man and a dog operation....

Turkish pronunciation

hwʌn män ınd ı dôg

Pronunciation

/ˈhwən ˈman ənd ə ˈdôg/ /ˈhwʌn ˈmæn ənd ə ˈdɔːɡ/

Etymology

() The expression became current in the late 1970's and early 1980's after a popular British technical news weekly ran a cartoon strip called "One Man and a Dog - the story of a small systems house", about a company doing business under the name "O.M.A.A.D." ("Organization Methods Analysis and Design"), the office being inhabited only by the proprietor and his dog.