tiffin

UK /ˈtɪf.ɪn/ US /ˈtɪf.ɪn/
name 4noun 3verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

A (light) midday meal or snack; luncheon.

He took his tiffin from home and ate the food two hours later in school.

[…] I bought a pine-apple at the same time, which I gave to Sambo. Let's have it for tiffin; very cool and nice this hot weather.

2

A box or container used to carry a tiffin.

"Young memsahib, an empty tiffin box costs ten rupees in the market. With the food, it's worth maybe fifteen rupees. Do you think I could retire after I steal it?" the man said. “I'm getting late. Do you want your husband to get his lunch or not? That last one's for him, isn't it?" He jerked his chin at the tiffin Anahita was still hugging.

3

A cake-like confection composed of crushed biscuits, sugar, syrup, raisins, cherries and cocoa powder, often covered with a layer of melted chocolate.

verb

1

To eat a (light) midday meal or snack.

Do you know that he tiffins with her three times a week, and every night, after leaving here, he finishes the evening in her society, sitting in the veranda and smoking cigarettes till all hours.

Pack had been tiffining by himself to the right of the arch, and had heard everything.

name

1

A surname.

2

A small city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States.

3

An unincorporated community in St. Clair County, Missouri, United States.

4

A city, the county seat of Seneca County, Ohio, United States.

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