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Definition of tiffin in English: tiffinnoun ˈtɪfɪnˈtɪfɪn mass noun1Indian dated A snack or light meal. tiffin has been ready for some time count noun I made sure they have not forgotten their tiffins as modifier a tiffin carrier Example sentencesExamples - Carry tiffin with you, eat at a place with a table, if you really must.
- Little stalls on wheels serve up tiffin: banana chips, vegetable bhajis, and little rice batter puffs with a stew of channa poured into them.
- Different varieties of local fare is available in the various restaurants in city, and most of them offer the tiffin items.
- I set the soldiers and the cook to clean them after breakfast or tiffin or the midday meal.
- She brought them their tiffin in small aluminium boxes.
- Tell the cook to make tiffin for three.
- For a rice eater like me, cafeteria tiffin in the morning comes nowhere close to filling.
- In the afternoon over tiffin, Janda would compose scandalous gossip columns.
- The sort of dishes served for tiffin vary but curries were very popular, and salads were often served in hot weather.
- During tiffin we went outside to try cool down somewhat.
2British A cake or dessert made with crushed biscuits, golden syrup, and chocolate, and chilled in a fridge. the tiffin was a decadent chocolatey treat Example sentencesExamples - This white chocolate tiffin recipe is mouth-wateringly delicious and so simple to make!
- They were able to choose from an amazing array of home-made cakes, including rum and raisin tiffin.
- His apricot and pistachio tiffin with homemade marshmallow was technically impressive and clearly passed the taste test.
- This week Scottish oat nibbles, chocolate tiffin, and toffee pecan slices are on offer for 99p a pack.
- We finished with a slice of home-made carrot, orange and walnut cake, and orange and chocolate tiffin, both of which were excellent.
- The farm holds its own market, where you can sip homemade lemonade and grab a slice of chocolate brandy tiffin in peace.
- A bottle of wine and some extremely naughty chocolate tiffin greeted us in the apartment.
- She whipped up flapjacks, moon rocks, and tiffin cakes in the kitchen with her children.
- We went to some place for tea and cakes near Newby Bridge whose name I just can't remember, but if you find it, have the tiffin.
- Make the tiffin the night before and pop it in the freezer.
OriginEarly 19th century: apparently from dialect tiffing 'sipping', of unknown origin. Definition of tiffin in US English: tiffinnounˈtifinˈtɪfɪn Indian dated A light meal, especially lunch. 〈旧或印度〉（简易）午餐；少量饭菜 Example sentencesExamples - I had a nice tiffin of mini idly, mini masala dosai, rava upma and a sweet.
- And despite our objections, they brush the dust off our feet, fan us if we are looking hot and share their tiffin with us.
- From an all-time tiffin to a filling meal, dosa has made a place in the heart of gourmets across the country.
- And if the forecast looks promising, make the tiffin the night before and pop it in the freezer.
- The business of delivering dabbas - also known as tiffins, from an Anglo-Indian word for ‘lunch’ - began more than a century ago, reputedly at the request of a hungry English administrator.
OriginEarly 19th century: apparently from dialect tiffing ‘sipping’, of unknown origin. |