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Race
A word unique to the Hobbits
Pronunciation
ma'thom ('th' is pronounced as English 'father')
Meaning
An item whose owner has no practical use for it, but has no wish to discard it, either1
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MathomsItems of no immediate useAn old word of the hobbit-dialect, not recorded as being in use outside the Shire. It was used to refer to any item that had no particular immediate use, but whose owner had no wish to throw away. Mathoms were often given as presents by the Shire-hobbits - an important part of their culture - or stored in the Mathom-house in Michel Delving. Notes
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