canteen

Noun

Meaning

A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink.

The sutler's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers.

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The Canteen Boy, the reason you feel bad for him and you can laugh is because he, and I guess a lot of my characters, they don't notice they're getting made fun of. So they'll say something back that's not that great a quip, but in their mind they won the argument. Adam Sandler

Spending all your money before you have a business model, makes about as much sense as drinking all your water before you hike across a desert so that you won't have to carry the canteen. Jay Samit

Rebus was eating breakfast in the canteen and wishing there was more caffeine in the coffee, or more coffee in the coffee come to that. Ian Rankin

In Los Angeles, I drive a hybrid and live in a very simple home. Anything you do from carrying a canteen of water to starting a recycling program in your office makes a difference. Reusing what you already have has always been green - from clothes to boxes to glass jars from the supermarket. Rachel Boston

I worked in Tesco's staff canteen because I fancied a boy on the tills. I served him his lunch in a hairnet and tan tights. Not just that, of course - I had a lovely white onesie. Lena Headey

A factory scene precedes this, where women rush to finish their food in the canteen. Source: Internet

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