shamban.
/ˈʃambə/, U.S. /ˈʃæmbə/, East African English /ˈʃamba/ East African.
A piece of cultivated land; a farm or plantation.
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1840 Missionary Herald (Boston) Feb. 61/2 He asked when we would like to visit his shamba or plantation, about five miles distant from the palace.
1952 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 247/1 There were two shambas to be cultivated, one for millet and one for beans.
2019 Daily Nation (Kenya) (Nexis) 25 May To grow a healthy, productive crop, a farmer must ensure the shamba has well-drained soils.
Compounds
shamba boy n. a boy or man employed on a farm or plantation, esp. in manual labour; a farmhand.
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1907 Official Gaz. E. Afr. & Uganda Protectorates 15 Sept. 334 The public is hereby informed that there are on the books of the Labour Office, Nairobi the names of several applicants for employment as cooks, chuprassis, shamba boys, Swahili headmen &c.
2015 Kwani? 8 233 Could you paint my house, or trim my hedge, or find me a shamba boy?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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