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Definition of tiffin noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tiffin

noun
 
/ˈtɪfɪn/
 
/ˈtɪfɪn/
[uncountable] (old-fashioned or Indian English)
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  1. a small meal, especially lunch
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: apparently from dialect tiffing ‘sipping’, of unknown origin.
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