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The shop at school which sold food: Mum's let me buy lunch from the canteen today. Compare tuck shop.
Contributor's comments: [Adelaide informant] School-based food outlet; similar to 'tuckshop': "I'm just going to get some food from the canteen." "Want anything from the canteen?"
Contributor's comments: Kids here in the top end call their school tuck shop canteen.
Contributor's comments: Canteen for public schools and tuckshop for private schools was always my understanding.