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kanto boy

kanto boy noun: an office boy.

Noun

kanto boy (plural kanto boys)

  1. (Philippines, slang) An office boy.

Forms of kanto boy

pluralkanto boys

Origin of kanto boy

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”).

Questions about kanto boy

What does kanto boy mean?
Kanto boy means an office boy.
What part of speech is kanto boy?
Kanto boy is a noun.
What is the plural of kanto boy?
The plural of kanto boy is kanto boys.

Words near kanto boy in the dictionary

  1. Kantism
  2. Kantist
  3. Kantists
  4. Kantner
  5. Kantners
  6. kanto boy
  7. kanto boys
  8. kanto girl
  9. kanto girls
  10. kanto lingo
  11. Kanto Plain

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