Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tiffin"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tiffin \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

tiffin
n : a midday meal [syn: {lunch}, {luncheon}, {dejeuner}]


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