Definition of cantina
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Southwest
: a pouch or bag at the pommel of a saddle
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Examples of cantina in a Sentence
we spent an interesting evening in that desert town's lone cantina
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By adapting mass-production methods to blender drinks, Martinez elevated the frozen margarita from a border-cantina curiosity to America’s most popular cocktail.
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One of my favorite Bostonian experiences is chowing down at Lolita, a dark, rustic-feeling Mexican cantina with two locations (both are excellent).
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Instead of hauling yourself into the back of an Uber and heading to Wicker Park, Chicagoans will soon be able to make the trek to another boozy cantina, this time in the Loop.
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The 14-acre land will feature two major attractions — a ride on the Millennium Falcon and a place in a battle between the First Order and the Resistance — plus a cantina and marketplace.
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Han meets the already-legendary Lando during a high-stakes card game in a low-down cantina, much like the one from the original Star Wars.
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The restaurant’s street front, roughly the width of a school bus, is crowded by culinary neighbors: an Irish pub, a German wurst haus, a large Mexican cantina.
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Urban Kayaks expects to open a cantina in summer 2019, where one might have tacos and a beer after a paddle.
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Solo takes place several years before Han had his fateful meeting with Luke Skywalker and Ben Kenobi in that Tatooine cantina.
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Origin and Etymology of cantina
American Spanish, from Spanish, canteen, from Italian, wine cellar — more at canteen
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First Known Use: 1844
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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