What does kanto boy mean in the Filipino language?

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1. Babette H says:

   November 13, 2009 at 5:36 am

   ‘Kanto Boy’ usually is someone who does not do anything but hang around in the street corner or store. Someone who is jobless and just drink in front of the corner store all day. It’s comparable to the word ‘bum’ here in the US. (He is a lazy bum.)
2. jcgimp@sbcglobal.net says:

   November 13, 2009 at 5:36 am

   Corner boy.

   Kanto = corner

   in tagalog