English Explanatory Dictionary

dabbawalla

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A deliveryperson in Mumbai, India who collects freshly cooked food in lunchboxes from workers' residences (mostly in the suburbs), delivers it to their respective workplaces, and returns the empty containers.

Word forms

dabbawalla dabbawallas dabbawala dabbawallah

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi डबेवाला (ḍabevālā), Hindi डब्बावाला (ḍabbāvālā), literally "person with a box".

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