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Tub-trading

June 25, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word
  • 12.059 of those miserable tub-trading Lake-men,

No such word in OED.

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Tube-shaped

June 25, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, word
  • 01.002 The door opened on to a tube-shaped hall like a tunnel:

Hyphenated in its sub-entry in OED.

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Tunnel-wall

June 25, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word
  • 05.112 against the tunnel-wall.

Not found in OED.

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Twenty-first

June 25, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, word
  • 01.128 And Thrain your father went away on the twenty-first of April,

Twenty, combined with all the ordinals or cardinals below ten, takes the hyphen according to OED.

“twenty, adj. and n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/208007. Accessed 21 September 2017.

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Twenty-second

June 25, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, word
  • 19.036 on June the Twenty-second

The first day of summer, give or take on a leap year.

Twenty, combined with all the ordinals or cardinals below ten, takes the hyphen according to OED.

“twenty, adj. and n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/208007. Accessed 21 September 2017.

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Twice-baked

June 25, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, food, hyphen, word

Mother’s twice-baked potatoes were done with butter, cheddar, milk, and a sprinkle of cayenne for color.

  • 07.126 and twice-baked cakes that would keep good a long time,

Hyphenated in OED.

“twice, adv. (n. and adj.).” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/208027. Accessed 21 September 2017.

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Two-handed

June 25, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, word
  • 12.096 two-handed,
  • 17.031 in battle they wielded heavy two-handed mattocks;

Hyphenated in OED.

“ˈtwo-ˈhanded, adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/208232. Accessed 21 September 2017.

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Two-handled

June 25, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, word
  • 12.016 He grasped a great two-handled cup,

Hyphenated in its sub-entry in OED.

“two, adj., n., and adv.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/208220. Accessed 21 September 2017.

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Two-legs

June 25, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word
  • 05.053 two-legs sat near on three-legs,

No such word in OED.

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Ugly-looking

June 25, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, word
  • 04.016 big goblins, great ugly-looking goblins, lots of goblins,

Hyphenated in its sub-entry in OED.

“ugly, adj., adv., and n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/208564. Accessed 21 September 2017.

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