tiffin
a light midday meal; lunch
to eat a light midday meal.
to provide a light meal for; serve lunch to.
Origin of tiffin
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a city in N Ohio.
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How to use tiffin in a sentence
The source of the latest breakthrough technique is Priyanka Naik’s new book, “The Modern tiffin.”
This vegan take on India’s chicken 65 delivers crispy fried tofu minus the splatters | Joe Yonan | October 24, 2021 | Washington PostHe informed her, some time after, of an engagement "to tiffin with a brother officer," and she nodded.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete | George MeredithIn my journey from tiffin I found it necessary to dismount several times and walk in order to drive away the sensation of cold.
Ocean to Ocean on Horseback | Willard GlazierThe accommodations at the tiffin House I must leave to conjecture, as any description would fall short of the reality.
Ocean to Ocean on Horseback | Willard GlazierThere brokers of all kinds used to meet each other, have tiffin, and write their letters and contracts.
Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century | Montague Massey
Here we were met by a number of the officials of the province, who gave us a sumptuous tiffin in the rest-house.
The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga | Cornelis De Witt Willcox
British Dictionary definitions for tiffin
/ (ˈtɪfɪn) /
(in India) a light meal, esp one taken at midday
Origin of tiffin
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