Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bar that serves liquor.
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- noun A drinking establishment, often specifically of the type found in
Latin America . - noun this sense?) Abbreviated form of
cantina truck ,cantina wagon orcantina trailer
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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_sotto una cantina_, and this cantina is known to have been in the
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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Also something to bear in mind – The Mos Eisley cantina is anything but a small, cramped place.
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In another, told in a flashback, Ifan's Gavin Canavagh rediscovers his love of rock 'n' roll in a Latin American cantina when a local man plays the Stones '"Get Off of My Cloud" on a jukebox.
ScrippsNews SHNS 2010
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Over the weekend, Luz, a pan-Latin American cantina on Vanderbilt Avenue near Myrtle Avenue was the site of another attempted burglary.
The Brooklyn Paper: Full articles By Mike McLaughlin 2008
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Not "A New Hope," but "Star Wars," the title it carried in 1977 when Han shot first and the stiff rubber/plastic aliens in the cantina were the coolest thing anyone had ever seen.
Archive 2009-01-01 Ulysses 2009
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Not "A New Hope," but "Star Wars," the title it carried in 1977 when Han shot first and the stiff rubber/plastic aliens in the cantina were the coolest thing anyone had ever seen.
Why I Don't Write Star Wars Ulysses 2009
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In his travel which took him to a mountain village where Pancho Villa was reported to be staying Cousin Leo in search of someone who could speak English wandered into a drinking establishment which in Mexico is called a cantina or at least was when Cousin Leo chanced into one.
Dancing in the Dark Kaminsky, Stuart 1996
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The Duel Ring Another area of the cantina is the most fun one, the dueling ring.
IGN Complete 2010
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Stephen's theme is the universal yearning for escape from everyday cares, and his cantina is the place of refuge.
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Stephen's theme is the universal yearning for escape from everyday cares, and his cantina is the place of refuge.
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