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- noun Plural form of
dabbawallah .
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Examples
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Commerce Secretary Gary Locke wore a traditional 'Nehru cap' during a meeting with 'dabbawallahs' - Mumbai's famous army of lunchbox delivery men - in Mumbai on Feb. 11, 2011.
U.S. Asks India to Ease FDI Rules Nupur Acharya 2011
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AFP/Getty Images Lunch carriers, called "dabbawallahs," shouted slogans during a rally in support of Mr. Hazare in Mumbai on Friday.
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Mumbai's famous tiffin carriers - popularly known as dabbawallahs - are learning English and basic computing to improve their business prospects.
BBC News - Home 2010
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Mumbai's famous tiffin carriers - popularly known as dabbawallahs - are learning English and basic computing to improve their business prospects.
BBC News - Business 2010
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Mumbai's famous tiffin carriers - popularly known as dabbawallahs - are learning English and basic computing to improve their business prospects.
BBC News - Business 2010
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Mumbai's famous tiffin carriers - popularly known as dabbawallahs - are learning English and basic computing to improve their business prospects.
BBC News - Business 2010
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Mumbai's famous tiffin carriers - popularly known as dabbawallahs - are learning English and basic computing to improve their business prospects.
BBC News - Business 2010
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Entrepreneurs called "dabbawallahs" have built an intricate network of collection and transportation to deliver freshly cooked lunch from households to workplaces across the city's 250 square miles.
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Just like Mumbai's army of "dabbawallahs" who deliver tiffin boxes of home-cooked food to hungry humans, uniformed Homecare Dogfood drivers criss-cross the city every morning with meals for man's best friend.
My Sinchew - 2009
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The dabbawallahs stopped work voluntarily for the first time in more than a century.
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