cage home
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
cage + home. From Cantonese 籠屋/笼屋 (lung4 uk1), from being a home set in a cage.
Noun[edit]
cage home (plural cage homes)
- (Hong Kong, architecture) 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.