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Traditional English :: hobbit
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hobbitry.html - n. a member of an imaginary race of half-sized people in stories by Tolkien. hobbitry n. [invented by J. R. R. Tolkien, Engl. writer d. 1973, and said by him to mean 'hole-dweller'] |
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Traditional English :: hobbit
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hobbitry.html - n. a member of an imaginary race of half-sized people in stories by Tolkien. hobbitry n. [invented by J. R. R. Tolkien, Engl. writer d. 1973, and said by him to mean 'hole-dweller'] |
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Traditional English :: hobbit
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hobbitry.html - n. a member of an imaginary race of half-sized people in stories by Tolkien. hobbitry n. [invented by J. R. R. Tolkien, Engl. writer d. 1973, and said by him to mean 'hole-dweller'] |
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Traditional English :: hobble
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hobbitry.html - v. & n. --v. 1 intr. a walk lamely; limp. b proceed haltingly in action or speech (hobbled lamely to his conclusion).
2 tr. a tie together the legs of (a horse etc.) to prevent it from straying. b tie (a horse's etc. legs).
3 tr. cause (a person etc.) to limp. --n. 1 an uneven or infirm gait.
2 a rope, clog, etc. used for hobbling a horse etc. hobble skirt a skirt so narrow at the hem as to impede walking. hobbler n. [ME, prob. f. LG: cf. HOPPLE and Du. hobbelen rock from side to side] |
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Traditional English :: hobbledehoy
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hobbitry.html - n.
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1 a clumsy or awkward youth.
2 a hooligan. [16th c.: orig. unkn.] |
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Traditional English :: hobby(1)
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hobbitry.html - n. (pl. -ies) 1 a favourite leisure-time activity or occupation. 2 archaic a small horse. 3 hist. an early type of velocipede. hobbyist n. [ME hobyn, hoby, f. pet-forms of Robin: cf. DOBBIN] |
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