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") | 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. |
(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. |