AS THE menu says, the word tiffin harks back to the 19th century and the days of British rule in India.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily Record - Home] Reference

"General, your tiffin was a beauty, but your Camp -- was very sad!".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service] Reference

Usually stainless steel, aluminum, or tin - called tiffin boxes.    From Wordnik.com.  [AboutMyPlanet.com] Reference

The favorite meal for everyone was tea-time (4pm-6pm) called "tiffin" when we were served tea and a snack.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-08-01] Reference

Then I hummed as we went home to have lunch, or "tiffin," as they call it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fil and Filippa Story of Child Life in the Philippines] Reference

She was pleased with the word "tiffin," and also liked explaining to Daisy what it meant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Queen Lucia] Reference

But, as any fan of the Carry On films will testify, the word 'tiffin' also has another meaning.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily Record - Home] Reference

During the great heat of the day, after lunch, or "tiffin" as it is called, everyone sleeps a restful hour or two.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fil and Filippa Story of Child Life in the Philippines] Reference

There were a lot of nice English people going out to India to meet their husbands and we have "tiffin" and "choota" and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis]

Maybe it's only Box Wallahs (whatever they are) and Old Injuh Hands who ever used "tiffin" once they were back in Blighty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

But, to save time, he invited me to come after the Exchange was over and take "tiffin" with him at his hospitable mansion in Mosely Street.    From Wordnik.com.  [James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography.]

"tiffin" as an alternative to this Gargantuan repast.    From Wordnik.com.  [Through the Malay Archipelago] Reference

"tiffin," which translated into our language means a sumptuous luncheon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recollections of a naval life : including the cruises of the Confederate States steamers, "Sumter" and "Alabama",] Reference

We had tiffin at the little town of Ming Shan-hsien.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference

Sind River, we found a lovely spring and halted for tiffin.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil] Reference

One day she prepared for the crowd of us a tiffin of delicious.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Khaki Kook Book A Collection of a Hundred Cheap and Practical Recipes Mostly from Hindustan] Reference

Our first day's halt for tiffin was at the small hamlet of P'u chi.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference

An elaborate Chinese tiffin (yes, we ate a la chop sticks) was served.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Log of the Empire State] Reference

What do you think I heard a woman say the other day at a tiffin-party?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pool in the Desert] Reference

We had had nothing to eat since tiffin, so we were ordered below to the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Months on a German Raider Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the 'Wolf'] Reference

At noon we stopped at a handy inn or tea-house for tiffin and a long rest.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference

We had not much further to go and were easily back in Peking before tiffin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference

We stopped for tiffin at Fu-ming-hsien, a prosperous-looking town of some eight hundred families.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference

When zu Pfeiffer went across to tiffin the hot sun had dried up the gutters and the plot of grass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Witch-Doctors] Reference

Shortly before tiffin we crossed a stream over which the bridge of stone was actually being repaired.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference

After tiffin and a short rest we set forth up the nullah behind the village to look for (need I say?) a bear.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil] Reference

That afternoon while we were sitting under the shade and fragrance of the deodar trees, we praised the tiffin.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Khaki Kook Book A Collection of a Hundred Cheap and Practical Recipes Mostly from Hindustan] Reference

We stopped for tiffin the first day just in time to escape a drenching, and did not get away again until six o'clock.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference

A halt is made for tiffin in this delightful little hotel, whose pleasant looking proprietress, unfortunately, does not speak English.    From Wordnik.com.  [Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java] Reference

Our first day from Li-chou was a short stage, and we had a long, leisurely tiffin at Sung-lin, where there was an exceptionally good inn.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference