Tiffin box
📖 Definition
a stacked, compartmented steel lunchbox used widely across India. Carried by schoolchildren, office workers, and grandmothers alike. A tiffin box appearing in a story almost always means someone has been looked after.
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"a stacked, compartmented steel lunchbox used widely across India. Carried by schoolchildren, office workers, and grandmothers alike. A tiffin box appearing in a story almost always means someone has been looked after."
"a stacked metal container used across India to carry home-cooked food, especially lunch. A deeply Indian object — associated with simplicity, home, and the ordinary rhythms of daily life. The old man's tiffin box signals immediately that he is grounded and unhurried."
Tiffin box — Glossary Term from our collection. Found in 2 storys.