cage home

noun

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.

OriginCantonese 籠屋 /笼屋 →
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Meanings

nouncage home (plural cage homes)

plural cage homes

  1. Hong KongarchitectureA 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.

Origin

  1. Cantonese籠屋 /笼屋
  2. Englishcage home

From cage + home. From Cantonese 籠屋 /笼屋 (lung⁴ uk¹), from being a home set in a cage.

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cage home. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cage%20home

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“cage home.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cage%20home. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cage home,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cage%20home.

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