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- Cantonese · derived from籠屋 /笼屋
- English todaycage home
From cage + home. From Cantonese 籠屋 /笼屋 (lung⁴ uk¹), from being a home set in a cage.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
cage home
Today it means: A subdivision of an apartment/tenement/flat's rooms into separate living spaces of stacked cages, big enough to fit a bed and hold one's belongings. Full definition →
Cantonese 籠屋 /笼屋