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TCG Letter #279 / Carpenter Letter #316


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Robert Burchfield
Date
11 September 1970
Type
Typed Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
Tolkien discusses an O.E.D. dictionary definition of Hobbit.
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