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TIFFIN
lunch, luncheon, tiffin, dejeuner
(noun) a midday meal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Tiffin (countable and uncountable, plural Tiffins)
A surname.
A small city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States.
An unincorporated community in St. Clair County, Missouri, United States.
A city, the county seat of Seneca County, Ohio, United States.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tiffin is the 27678th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 869 individuals. Tiffin is most common among White (93.67%) individuals.
Etymology
Noun
tiffin (countable and uncountable, plural tiffins)
(Britain, India) A (light) midday meal or snack; luncheon.
(Britain, India) A container used to carry a tiffin; tiffin box, tiffin carrier, tiffin container.
Verb
tiffin (third-person singular simple present tiffins, present participle tiffining, simple past and past participle tiffined)
(Britain, India, intransitive) To eat a (light) midday meal or snack.
Synonyms
• tiff
Source: Wiktionary
Tif"fin, n. Etym: [Properly, tiffing a quaffing, a drinking. See Tiff, n.]
Definition: A lunch, or slight repast between breakfast and dinner; -- originally, a Provincial English word, but introduced into India, and brought back to England in a special sense.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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