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tiffin^¹

/ʈɪ.fɪn/ India
/ʈɪ.fen/ India
/ʈɪ.fən/ India
/ˈtɪf.ɪn/ UK

Rhymes with -ɪfɪn

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Apparently from English tiffing, present participle of tiff (“to take a small drink, to sip”) (slang).

noun tiffins

India, UK, countable, uncountable A (light) midday meal or snack; luncheon. He took his tiffin from home and ate the food two hours later in school.
India, UK, countable, uncountable 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 chi
Similar: tiffin carrier, dabba, tingkat
countable, uncountable A cake-like confection composed of crushed biscuits, sugar, syrup, raisins, cherries and cocoa powder, often covered with a layer of melted chocolate.

verb tiffins · tiffining · tiffined

India, UK, intransitive 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.
Similar: tiff

Tiffin^²

proper noun Tiffins

countable, uncountable A surname.
countable, uncountable A small city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in St. Clair County, Missouri, United States.
countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Seneca County, Ohio, United States.

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@misc{tiffin_2026,
  title = {tiffin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tiffin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}