"shamba boy" meaning in All languages combined

See shamba boy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: shamba boys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shamba boy (plural shamba boys)
  1. (Africa) A man or boy employed to tend a garden; a gardener. Tags: Africa
    Sense id: en-shamba_boy-en-noun-vmJzubjo Categories (other): African English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "ref": "2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 23:",
          "text": "Benjamin, of course, already had a job and he was happy with it. As shamba boy at Number 12 Garden Lane he swept the lawn and swept the paths.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A man or boy employed to tend a garden; a gardener."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "tend",
          "tend"
        ],
        [
          "garden",
          "garden"
        ],
        [
          "gardener",
          "gardener"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Africa) A man or boy employed to tend a garden; a gardener."
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "A man or boy employed to tend a garden; a gardener."
      ],
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        [
          "tend",
          "tend"
        ],
        [
          "garden",
          "garden"
        ],
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          "gardener",
          "gardener"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Africa) A man or boy employed to tend a garden; a gardener."
      ],
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    }
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