Timeline for Using the word 'tiffin' to refer to a lunch box
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| May 7, 2018 at 19:27 | vote | accept | learnerX | ||
| Mar 27, 2018 at 5:43 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/978507759871315973 | ||
| Mar 23, 2018 at 8:34 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | @Kris Interesting. I've known and used that recipe for many years but have never heard it called 'tiffin'. My version is called 'chocolate raisin crunch', and I've also heard 'refrigerator cake'. | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 13:25 | comment | added | WendyG | @KateBunting Tiffin is making a comeback, well it is here is yorkshire, lovely mix of biscuits, and chocolate, bit like rocky road but without marshmallow | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 12:58 | answer | added | Chris H | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 12:05 | history | edited | Kris |
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| Mar 22, 2018 at 12:01 | comment | added | Kris | The term is still widely prevalent in India, apparently to some extent (with a different meaning) in the UK. en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/tiffin | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 11:59 | comment | added | Kris | @KateBunting You can still have it right in the UK I believe: sainsburys.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/gb/groceries/… | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 9:05 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | 50-odd years ago there used to be a chocolate bar called Tiffin available in the UK. I've never heard the word used for a snack except in the context of the British Raj era. | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 6:40 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Mar 22, 2018 at 6:28 | comment | added | Nigel J | The word used to be used by ultra-posh English people to refer to a snack or 'high tea' or whatever. Then it was used in mocking mimicry of ultra-posh English people. Now that there are virtually no ultra-posh English people left to mock, the word is almost never used. | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 6:24 | comment | added | Kris | There's a lot of food for thought on the web. Please google the term. Good Luck. | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 6:15 | answer | added | Zebrafish | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 6:13 | answer | added | Livrecache | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 6:12 | answer | added | user 66974 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 5:59 | history | asked | learnerX | CC BY-SA 3.0 |