tiffin
The thread for supper came on a day when the NYTimes crossword had the clue, mid-day meal in Lancaster. I hope I ruin no one's life by filling this one in: tiffin. The etymology in OED2 suggests that...
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Verbal evidence: Just at the moment I happen to have a house full of Lancaster natives. Mention of the word invoked no memories, except the "colonial" images.So at least in current day Lancaster, the...
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More verbal evidence again: in my search into the origins for 'Plougman's Lunch' - see www.bbc.co.uk/wordhunt -I've come across several other regional dialect terms for mid morning snacks. These...
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Quote:I'm not sure where 'lowance' originates.It's an aphetic form of allowance. OED defines as 'a limited portion of food' and cites from 1565.
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Quote:It's an aphetic formThanks for (to me) new word, aldi. Very luminating.
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'Snap' is used in Westmorland for food along with 'bait', particularly in relation to a workman's packed lunch.
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