English Explanatory Dictionary

kanto boy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An office boy.

Word forms

kanto boy kanto boys

Etymology

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”).

Related words

kanto girl kanto lingo yosi boy takatak boy rugby boy call boy
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