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tiffin

1

[ tif-in ]

noun

  1. a light midday meal; lunch


verb (used without object)

  1. to eat a light midday meal.

verb (used with object)

  1. to provide a light meal for; serve lunch to.

Tiffin

2

[ tif-in ]

noun

  1. a city in N Ohio.

tiffin

/ ˈ³Ùɪ´Úɪ²Ô /

noun

  1. (in India) a light meal, esp one taken at midday
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tiffin1

First recorded in 1800–05; variant of tiffing (unattested), equivalent to tiff (obsolete) “to sip, drink, snack between meals†+ -ing 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tiffin1

C18: probably from obsolete tiffing, from tiff to sip
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An improvised explosive device placed inside a tiffin box was believed responsible, the state’s top police officer, Sheik Darvesh Saheb, said.

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With her mother's help and recipes, the teenager started cooking and selling 35 tiffin boxes of food a day to office workers.

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He found a hawker to sell his necklaces and earrings in plastic tiffin boxes on a street full of cheap-jewelry sellers.

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On those afternoons, my own untouched tiffin would return home on the back of the tiffinwala’s bicycle.

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In it, Naik writes about dishes inspired by her global travels — but often anchored in her own South Asian heritage — that are fit to pack into a tiffin, an Indian lunch box.

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