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Goblin-guards

June 27, 2015September 14, 2017 adindragonsbloom 100K, 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word
  • 05.144 which held drink for the goblin-guards,

This word is not found in OED.

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Goblin-dwelling

June 27, 2015September 14, 2017 adindragonsbloom 100K, 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word
  • 08.132 and more wholesome than any goblin-dwelling,

This word is not found in OED.

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Goblin-drivers

June 27, 2015September 14, 2017 adindragonsbloom 100K, 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word
  • 04.023 while the goblin-drivers whooped

Drivers who were goblins, not drovers of goblins.  This word is not found in OED.

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Goblin-cleaver

June 27, 2015September 14, 2017 adindragonsbloom 100K, 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word
  • 03.035 the Goblin-cleaver
  • 04.033 Goblin-cleaver,
  • 04.048 and found Goblin-cleaver,

This word is not found in OED, it is one of Tolkien’s wonderful named objects.

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Goblin-cities

June 27, 2015September 14, 2017 adindragonsbloom 100K, 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word
  • 09.005 These were not like those of the goblin-cities;

This word is not found in OED.

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Goblin-chains

June 27, 2015September 14, 2017 adindragonsbloom 100K, 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word
  • 04.041 It made no trouble whatever of cutting through the goblin-chains

This word is not found in OED.

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Goblet

June 27, 2015May 2, 2016 adindragonsbloom 10K, brief, food, word
  • 01.078 Goblets they carved there for themselves
  • 13.039 I would give a good many of these precious goblets,’
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Goat

June 27, 2015October 21, 2015 adindragonsbloom 10K, brief, word
  • 05.148 leaping down the steps like a goat,
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Gnaw

June 27, 2015October 21, 2015 adindragonsbloom 10K, brief, word
  • 02.075 and the gnawed mutton,
  • 05.055 Gnaws iron, bites steel;
  • 05.087 He still had a bone or two left to gnaw,
  • 08.046 that they were still gnawingly hungry,
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Gnarl

June 27, 2015October 21, 2015 adindragonsbloom 10K, brief, word
  • 07.134 and gnarled,
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