shamba boy

noun

shamba boy

noun

1

Africa A man or boy employed to tend a garden; a gardener.

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.2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 23:

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