kanto boy

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An office boy. Philippines,slang

词形变化

kanto boys plural

词源

Originally from Japanese 官庁 (kanchō, “government office”) + boy, borrowed in during WW2 according to Potet (2016), but the former eventually got replaced with Tagalog kanto (“corner, especially of two streets”).
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