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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Canteen'

means properly a wine-cellar. Then a refreshment-house in a barrack for the use of the soldiers. Then a vessel, holding about three pints, for the use of soldiers on the march. (Italian, cantina, a cellar.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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