cantinan.
/kanˈtiːnə/, U.S. /kænˈtinə/ 1. A (Spanish) canteen (canteen n. 1b).
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1959 Listener 15 Jan. 125/3 When a station was reached the passengers swarmed down to the platform and round the tiny cantina.
2. In Central and South America and south-western United States: a bar-room, saloon.
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cantina1892
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1892 Dial. Notes 1 245 Cantina: bar-room; of frequent use [in Texas]. Often found on signs of Mexican bar-rooms.
1939 G. Greene Lawless Roads i. 36 Life..went on behind the swing doors of the cantinas and billiard saloons.
1969 A. Marin Rise with Wind xv. 190 Clay found a cantina on a side street.
1970 Daily Tel. Mag. 3 Apr. 43/1 Every hotel, every restaurant, every cantina paid him [sc. a Cuban chauffeur] his commission.
3. An (Italian) wineshop.
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1925 E. Hemingway In our Time (1926) xi. 143 At the cantina near the bridge they trusted him for three more grappas.
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