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dab·bawal·la
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dabbawallanoun
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.
Etymology: डबेवाला, डब्बावाला, literally "person with a box".
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dabbawalla
The dabbawalas (also spelled dabbawallas or dabbawallahs, called tiffin wallahs in older sources) constitute a lunchbox delivery and return system that delivers hot lunches from homes and restaurants to people at work in India, especially in Mumbai. The lunchboxes are picked up in the late morning, delivered predominantly using bicycles and railway trains, and returned empty in the afternoon.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dabbawalla in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dabbawalla in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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