From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishone-manˈone-man adjective [only before noun] ONLYperformed, operated, controlled etc by one person He does a one-man show in Las Vegas. a one-man business
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one-man• He'd go down a storm at hen nights as a one-man Chippendales.• The range of suppliers is also wide - from public agencies through major commercial operations to one-man consultancies.• a one-man crusade to ban the film• His one-man factory became a powerhouse.• Many believe that the consultation process was manipulated to entrench one-man, one-party rule.• Car 638 was rebuilt for one-man operation in 1969, but was found unsuitable and subsequently scrapped.• They entered traffic in 1982 after a series of teething troubles, and union resistance to one-man operation.• His one-man show yesterday failed to prevent the Hammers moving to fourth in the First Division but it saved Pompey from embarrassment.• a one-man show• Producers may favour one-man shows for economic reasons, but that doesn't in itself mean that the audience is being short-changed.one-man show• At this stage, let me introduce the other players in this epic-because it was far from a one-man show.• Grandage's production, however, is much more than a one-man show.• A.R. What was the one-man show about?• Inside this flawed, and somehow centre-less, one-man show are some poignant questions.• Producers may favour one-man shows for economic reasons, but that doesn't in itself mean that the audience is being short-changed.• For a brief moment the one-man show had seemed so promising and he had dared to hope.• Modigliani's one-man show, scheduled to last throughout the month of December, closed on the day that it opened.• His one-man show yesterday failed to prevent the Hammers moving to fourth in the First Division but it saved Pompey from embarrassment. 