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tiffin

Pronunciation:  'tifin

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 Definition: [n]  a midday meal
 
 Synonyms: dejeuner, lunch, luncheon
 
 See Also: busines lunch, meal, repast

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tif"fin\, n. [Properly, tiffing a quaffing, a drinking.
See {Tiff}, n.]
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.

 



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