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"word": "ฮอบบิท"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"word": "hobit"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hobit",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гобіт"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "hobit",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "האָביט"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "An extinct species of hominin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "homme de Florès"
}
],
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"Denham Tracts",
"Hobbit (word)",
"J. R. R. Tolkien",
"The Hobbit",
"The Lord of the Rings",
"hobbit"
],
"word": "hobbit"
}
{
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Tolkien's legendarium",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Fictional characters",
"en:Hominids",
"en:Indonesia",
"en:J. R. R. Tolkien",
"en:Mythological creatures",
"en:Units of measure"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Probably from hoppet, hobbet (“basket”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hobbits",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "hobbit (plural hobbits)",
"name": "en-noun"
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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A Welsh unit of weight, equal to four Welsh pecks, or 168 pounds."
],
"links": [
[
"peck",
"peck"
],
[
"pound",
"pound"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"An old unit of volume (2+¹⁄₂ bushels, the volume of 168 pounds of wheat)."
],
"links": [
[
"bushel",
"bushel"
],
[
"wheat",
"wheat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) An old unit of volume (2+¹⁄₂ bushels, the volume of 168 pounds of wheat)."
],
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"archaic"
]
}
],
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"hobbit"
],
"word": "hobbit"
}
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