Definitions
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- noun India A
deliveryperson inMumbai ,India who collects freshly cookedfood inlunchboxes fromworkers 'residences (mostly in thesuburbs ), delivers it to their respectiveworkplaces , and returns the empty containers.
Etymologies
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Examples
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And found blasphemies surfacing once again: if the dabba had the wrong markings and so went to incorrect recipient, was the dabbawalla to blame?
The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967
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So skilfully did he conceal his life of scandal and debauch that his old patron, Babasaheb Mhatre, lying on his deathbed a decade after he sent a young dabbawalla out into the world of illusion, black-money and lust, begged him to get married to prove he was a man.
The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967
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In typical Drucker-speak, the dabbawalla highlighted the fact that their organization has for the last 120 years made "selling unnecessary" and rather
NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Eradicating Poverty through Profit 2010
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Rajapandiansp u have heard abt mumbai dabbawalla. .have u heard abt orissa Tappawalla?
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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