tiffins

Noun

tiffin (countable and uncountable, plural tiffins)

1. (India, UK) A (light) midday meal or snack; luncheon.
   • He took his tiffin from home and ate the food two hours later in school.
2. (India, UK) 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...2011, Mahtab Narsimhan, The Tiffin, Toronto, Ont.: Dancing Cat Books, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   tiffin carrier, dabba, tingkat

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

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