TIFFIN


Meaning of TIFFIN in English

/tif"in/ , Brit. Informal.

n.

1. lunch.

v.i.

2. to eat lunch.

v.t.

3. to provide lunch for; serve lunch to.

[ 1775-85; var. of * tiffing, equiv. to tiff (obs.) to sip, drink + -ING 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .