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Wht Is A Soldiers Food Container Called?

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BarryN | 20:14 Thu 03rd Sep 2015 | Crosswords
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canteen?
20:15 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
Avatar Image jourdain2
It used to be called a 'canister' - but that's going back about 100 yrs. Don't know about modern usage, sorry.
20:16 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
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Mess tin?
20:16 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
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Dixie?
20:22 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
Avatar Image stuey
Stomach? OK, I'm leaving.
20:24 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
Avatar Image jourdain2
I think 'canteen' was a water-holder DTC (I'm going back to Biggles-reading days).
20:24 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
Avatar Image ImLostAgain
Billy can.
20:25 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
Avatar Image Jackdaw33
A billy can was used for boiling water, not for holding food. cf. Waltzing Matilda.
20:27 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
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Called it a dixie in the guides, but maybe soldiers had something different.
20:28 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
Avatar Image DaisyNonna
jourdain, still have quite a few Biggles books
20:29 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
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Mess kit
20:32 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
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Mess kit is the uniform to be worn on formal occasions.
20:34 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
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Welcome to AB, BarryN. Have a read of this:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/article/etiquette-for-asking-a-quiz-puzzle-or-crossword-question/
20:34 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
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I think my mum threw my 'Biggles' collection away (I could never get on with Worrals and her nailfile) as well as most of my (now practically priceless) books. Lucky you Daisy N.

I still held on to a few 'Billy Bunters'. :)
20:36 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
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Jackdaw.33
Not necessarily!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mess_kit
20:38 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
Avatar Image Jackdaw33
Fair enough. In the RAF mess dress was always referred to as mess kit.
20:42 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
Avatar Image retrocop
Yes I know. Confusing isn't it?
20:44 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
Avatar Image ImLostAgain
Jackdaw33, your correct about boiling water 'for the use of' but I heard they used them for eating from also. But hey what di I know :)
20:44 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
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Mcdonald's bag ?
20:48 Thu 03rd Sep 2015
Avatar Image jourdain2
How about 'Mess tin'? I've heard of that.
20:50 Thu 03rd Sep 2015

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