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tiffin

[tif-in] / ˈtɪf ɪn /
NOUN
(British) a light midday meal
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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.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2022

Rashim, who is fond of thriller TV shows, watches a local Indian serial on his smartphone while his oldest son, a young teenager, shows up with a tiffin, or lunchbox.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2022

There are Indian tiffin carriers, ghee pots, woks, a noodle press and falafel molds.

From New York Times Jul. 7, 2021

As we wait for him to return, a local municipality van pulls over and people in orange uniforms unload metal tiffin containers with hot food ready for distribution.

From The Guardian Jun. 12, 2020

He had a tiffin carrier with tomato sandwiches.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy



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