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
On those afternoons, my own untouched tiffin would return home on the back of the tiffinwala’s bicycle.
From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2022
He had a tiffin carrier with tomato sandwiches.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
