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Word of the Week - Tiffin

by Lotta Sanchez on 2024-02-27T11:00:00-05:00 | 0 Comments

During the period of British rule in India, the British custom of afternoon tea merged with the Indian custom of a light afternoon meal. It came to be called tiffin, after the English slang tiffing, "to take a little drink."

"Tiffin." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/tiffin. Accessed 26 Feb. 2024.


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