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- noun Plural form of
canteen .
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Examples
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Perhaps i should sit on my arse like most of my colleagues and drink tea in canteens, out of sight.
Because we want to. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2006
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This order is enforced not only in canteens, but in the inns and bars of the neighbourhood, such drinking-places as have not installed the simple apparatus necessitated being placed out of bounds.
War Story of the Canadian Army Medical Corps John George 1918
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In Tuscaloosa, two mobile units, also called canteens, are roaming.
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In Haiti, the Philippines and other countries where the Marines have been compelled to hike long and hard, men who constantly sipped at their canteens were the first to become exhausted.
The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
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The canteens are a Babel of foreign cuisines, whose menus give you some idea of which nationalities the company needs to keep happy.
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Prices at the snack shops, called canteens, were last changed in October.
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Prices at the snack shops, called canteens, were last changed in October.
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Prices at the snack shops, called canteens, were last changed in October.
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Prices at the snack shops, called canteens, were last changed in October.
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Singleton said Telkom would be operating in a deregulated market in two years and was outsourcing non-core functions, such as canteens and its vehicle fleet, to enable total focus on core functions.
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