commissary
Example Sentences
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“Cash for the commissary, are you mad? I asked for rolls and coffee, not a jewel-encrusted egg! Don’t you know who we are? We are the Babushkinovs! Our name is all the credit we need!”
From Literature
Their extra room became the commissary, to use an old Hollywood term.
From Los Angeles Times
The “kitty” is then resold, creating a secondary market within the jails that is cheaper than the commissary.
From Los Angeles Times
The line to buy food or hygiene products at the commissary was so long that sometimes detainees left empty-handed.
From Los Angeles Times
In Hollywood, studios tended to lay claim to nearby restaurants almost as extensions of their own commissaries, with cocktail privileges.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
