tiffin

Example Sentences

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"He is alive because I didn't give him tiffin," she said.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025

Rashim, who is fond of thriller TV shows, watches a local Indian serial on his smartphone while his oldest son, a young teenager, shows up with a tiffin, or lunchbox.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2022

As we wait for him to return, a local municipality van pulls over and people in orange uniforms unload metal tiffin containers with hot food ready for distribution.

From The Guardian • Jun. 12, 2020

The tight quarters are one reason for the tiffin boxes, stackable metal containers used to transport two multipart, shareable entrees.

From Washington Post • Jun. 12, 2019

Though he had had his dinner before leaving for the station, a four-layer tiffin carrier packed by his mother sat at his feet, in the event that hunger should attack him in the night.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri