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canteen

[kan-teen] / kænˈtin /


NOUN
container for liquids, used in travels
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“Having mobility strength is like having done the physical training and having the whole canteen of water as you hike up that mountain,” Chandrasekaran said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Last week, Liverpool posted a video with the caption 'Hugo Hugs', with Ekitike hugging one of the canteen staff that did the rounds.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

Practitioners of downward dog and their actual dogs patronize this tangerine-colored canteen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

"We've gone from black and white football to full colour," was a statement heard in the first-team canteen.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

The girls had been passing the second canteen around, taking small, careful sips from it.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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