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Definition of Tiffin

1. Noun. A midday meal.

Definition of Tiffin

1. 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.

Definition of Tiffin

1. Noun. A light midday meal or snack; luncheon ¹

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Definition of Tiffin

1. to lunch [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: lunch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tiffin

Literary usage of Tiffin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"tiffin, Ohio, city, county-seat of Seneca County, on the Sandusky River and on the ... In the vicinity of tiffin are deposits of clay and glass- sand. ..."

2. History of Seneca County: From the Close of the Revolutionary War to July by William Lang (1880)
"IT IS SAID that Governor tiffin, of Chillicothe, was a particular friend of Mr. Josiah Hedges, at the time the latter laid out and platted tiffin, ..."

3. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"tiffin SLY tiffin Engraven. JACKSON SLY . 9. Examination of the Warden.—From Hogarth JACKSON LXXIX.—FLEET MARRIAGES. ..."

4. Transactions of the Annual Meeting by Ohio State Medical Society (1903)
"Williard, GP, tiffin. Zahm, Bertha, Fostoria. SHELBY COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. EA Yates President. DR Silver Vicepresident. JW Costolo Secretary and Treasurer ..."

5. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1903)
"TO EDWARD tiffin. January 30, 1808. ... returns the enclosed to Mr. tiffin with his thanks for the communication. He cannot foresee what shape Burr's ..."

6. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1904)
"TO EDWARD tiffin. January 30, 1808. Thomas Jefferson returns the enclosed to Mr. tiffin with his thanks for the communication. He cannot foresee what shape ..."

7. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh, Richard Holland Johnston (1905)
"TO EDWARD tiffin. January 30, 1808. Thomas Jefferson returns the enclosed to Mr. tiffin with his thanks for the communication. He cannot foresee what shape ..."

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