tiffin

Example Sentences

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One mother told BBC Bengali how she'd given her child money for tiffin instead of packing lunch that morning.

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

In it, Naik writes about dishes inspired by her global travels — but often anchored in her own South Asian heritage — that are fit to pack into a tiffin, an Indian lunch box.

From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2021

Instead the duo, identified as Mohammed Mubeen and Mohammed Ghouse Pasha, allegedly fled to Mumbai, where they holed up in a luxury hotel and used the tiffin box to eat lunch, police said.

From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2018

He had a tiffin carrier with tomato sandwiches.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy