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houseboy

[ hous-boi ]

houseboy

/ ˈ³ó²¹ÊŠ²õËŒ²úɔɪ /

noun

  1. a male domestic servant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of houseboy1

First recorded in 1895–1900; house + boy
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It wasn’t “Teahouse of the August Moon,†where he played a Japanese houseboy, which was so strange.

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Once in London, however, he had to sleep on Dr Obeta's sofa and says the doctor used him as a houseboy.

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Despite the decision not to go ahead with the transplant, the alleged victim gave evidence that he had later been examined by two other unidentified doctors at the home of Dr Obeta who he also accused of making him work as a "houseboy" and not paying him, jurors were told.

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Shortly after the opening of the Broad exhibition, the Centre’s production of “Houseboy†by Ferdinand Oyono, directed by Kentridge, premiered at REDCAT.

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Based on a 1956 novel, “Houseboy†adopts the intimate form of a young man’s diary to tell of the brutal power imbalances and racial oppression in colonial Cameroon.

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