The word canteen comes from the French “cauline’’ and the Italian “cantina,” meaning a cellar. The word was introduced to England in 1737. Its English meaning was a shop in camp, where scldiers could buy provisions and liquor. Other meanings were a small case for carrying bottles or a bottle for carrying water on a march.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 August 1943, Page 5
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