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Definition of Canteens
1. canteen [n] - See also: canteen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canteens
Literary usage of Canteens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public Health Papers and Reports by American Public Health Association (1906)
"The use of copper canteens in the army and in other services where water is
transported in small quantities naturally suggested itself. ..."
2. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer: With the Practice of Country by John Frederick Archbold (1846)
"canteens.. By the annual mutiny act (8 & 9 Viet. c. 8, s. 74), " Where any persons
shall hold any canteens under proper authority of the board of ordnance, ..."
3. The Story of the American Red Cross in Italy by Charles Montague Bakewell (1920)
"CHAPTER V Rolling canteens — The June Offensive — AEC Ambulance Service — The
Story of Lieutenant McKey THE Red Cross maintained a series of rolling ..."
4. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer, Comprising the Law Relative to by John Frederick Archbold (1840)
"17, J. 73), " Where any persons shall hold any canteens under proper authority
of the board of ordnance, it shall be lawful for any two justices, ..."
5. Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts: ... Preserved in by Virginia, William Pitt Palmer, Sherwin McRae, Raleigh Edward Colston, Henry W. Flournoy (1881)
"... were better to engage them to make -'two canteens a day"—or as Smiths "500
pair of horse-shoes," or as wagoners during the service of the Militia, ..."
6. A Text-book of True Temperance by Michael Monahan (1909)
"French School canteens. In reporting that school canteens opened in Nantes in
November, according to a recent vote of the municipal council of that French ..."
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