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canteen cups

canteen cups is the plural of canteen cup.

Meaning of canteen cup

Noun

canteen cup (plural canteen cups)

  1. (camping) A metal cup which can be nested on the top or under a canteen.
    • My tin canteen cup was too hot to touch. I held it in gloved hands, blowing steam from the coffee and watching the sun rise over the fields beyond the fence.2005, Nathaniel Fick, One Bullet Away, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, page 343
    Synonyms:
    mess cup

Questions about canteen cups

What is canteen cups the plural of?
Canteen cups is the plural of canteen cup.

Words near canteen cups in the dictionary

  1. canteen
  2. canteen cowboy
  3. canteen cowboys
  4. canteen culture
  5. canteen cup
  6. canteen cups
  7. canteen lizard
  8. canteen lizards
  9. canteen truck
  10. canteen trucks
  11. canteen wagon

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