Top-hat

June 27, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, word

08.006 black as a top-hat,

Acceptable to hyphenate, says OED.

“top hat, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/203372. Accessed 21 September 2017.

Took-clan

June 27, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, JRRT, Middle-earth, word

01.004 in a while members of the Took-clan would go

Of course, as a Middle-earth word, this is a JRRT original.

Tom-cat

June 27, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, word

This elegant image conveys the absolute athleticism, supple grace, confidence of the great, lethal creature – while making it familiar enough that the listening children can imagine the danger as breadbox-sized if they need to.

12.011 mixed with a rumble as of a gigantic tom-cat purring.

Hyphenated or not in OED.

“tom cat | tom-cat, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/203100. Accessed 21 September 2017.

Tobacco-jar

June 27, 2015September 21, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, food, hyphen, word

19.048 and handed him the tobacco-jar.

Is it a food? It is certainly a consumable, and in Hobbit culture, a comfort. Note that Tolkien calls the herb “tobacco” in The Hobbit – a word which entered English in 1577. In The Lord of the Rings, he calls it “pipeweed”, a compound word made at least as early as the 1500s from two words which we inherit directly from Old English.

Hyphenated in its sub-entry in OED under “tobacco”

“tobacco, n.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2015. Web. 1 July 2015.

“pipe, v.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2015. Web. 1 Juy 2015.

“weed, v.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2015. Web. 1 Juy 2015.