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

He found a hawker to sell his necklaces and earrings in plastic tiffin boxes on a street full of cheap-jewelry sellers.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2022

The arrival of a tiffin adds a little drama to the scene, as a server deconstructs the silver tower and crowds the recipient’s table with steamy and fragrant metal bowls of food.

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