shamba boy

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shamba boy (plural shamba boys)

  1. (Africa) A man or boy employed to tend a garden; a gardener.
    • 2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 23:
      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.