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net café refugees

net café refugees is the plural of net café refugee.

Meaning of net café refugee

Noun

net café refugee (plural net café refugees)

  1. (slang) A homeless person in Japan who do not own or rent a residence (thus having no permanent address) and sleeps in 24-hour Internet cafés or manga cafés.
    • YOKOHAMA (AFP) - Thousands of homeless "net cafe refugees" in Japan risk being turfed out onto the streets as the coronavirus pandemic forces the sudden closure of their uniquely Japanese 24/7 comic book havens.2020 April 15, “Japan's homeless 'net cafe refugees' seek shelter amid coronavirus woe”, in The Straits Times, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Nov...

Questions about net café refugees

What is net café refugees the plural of?
Net café refugees is the plural of net café refugee.

Words near net café refugees in the dictionary

  1. net ball
  2. net balls
  3. net blotch
  4. net café
  5. net café refugee
  6. net café refugees
  7. net call sign
  8. net call signs
  9. net cop
  10. net cops
  11. net curtain

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