tambay

\'tam•bay\
also "istambay"
Filipino slang.
origin: English "standby"

: a jobless person who loiters around the street.

: a loiterer; a lollygagger

Tambays are not necessarily jobless. They could be a low-income person who's only hobby is to bum around the street corner.

Juan is just a tambay and he hasn't been looking for a job.

tambay

A Filipino term for someone who is jobless, uneducated and just likes to loiter around the street.

Man, he is such a tambay, he just likes to cause trouble all the time

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