canteen n.
1. (S. Afr.) an alcoholic drink.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Illus. London News 26 Feb. 2: South African [...] slang colloquialisms [...] A roadside tavern is a ‘canteen’ (and natives often call all drink ‘canteen’) . |
2. (US prison) extras such as sweets or cigarettes.
 | Tucson Dly Citizen (AZ) 22 Sept. 4/1: Any inmate can put a snitch jacket on another, and [...] a prisoner will get extra canteens from a snitch by not carrying out a threat to put a snitch jacket on him [...] Canteen — Candy, cigarettes. |
In compounds
(N.Z. prison) a female inmate who has one permanent sexual partner but will perform sexual favours in return for various luxuries from the prison shop or canteen.
![[NZ]](/static/img/flags/nz.png "New Zealand") | Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 37/1: canteen doll n. a female inmate who has one main sexual partner in the prison, but performs sexual favours for many other inmates in order to procure more food, tobacco and other luxuries. |
(US prison) an inmate who performs sexual acts in return for treats from the canteen.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Stud. Sociol. 346: Prison queens and canteen punks make the sardonic comment that ‘this year’s business is next year’s competition’, which has reference to the common downward mobility of some wolves or jockers [Simes:DLSS]. | |
| Onion Field 71: There were only three things to talk about in the yard. [...] Third, the sex, the canteen punks: who is doing it to whom. | |
| Men behind Bars 113: Another type of punk that is identified by the prison administration is the ‘aggressive manipulator’…he is an entrepreneur and uses sex as his payoff. This type of inmate is also referred to as a ‘canteen’ punk [Simes:DLSS]. |
(Aus. prison) money that is used to buy extras from the canteen, such purchases are a privilege.
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Doing Time 37: The canteen ‘spend’ is also a form of privilege and a prisoner can lose it should he misbehave. |