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The Meaning of Tiffin Throughout The Ages
Tiffin (ti.fin), noun.
First used in 1785 in India and neighboring eastern countries. A light midday meal; luncheon. Hence Ti.ffin, intransitive verb, to take tiffin, to lunch.
-Adapted from The Oxford Universal English Dictionary, 1937
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