- 10.009 and voices hailed the raft-steerers.
This one is not found in OED.
hyphen
Raft-men
Are these not the same people as the “raft-elves” mentioned in chapter 9? I find this use of “men” very odd.
- 10.030 than the raft-men of the elves
- 10.033 not to the raft-men of the king.’
This OED entry uses hyphens or not in the examples.
“raft, n.1.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/157397. Accessed 19 September 2017.
Raft-elves
- 09.064 and the raft-elves would soon be steering it off
This word is, of course, not found in OED. Tolkien uses it separately from “rafters”
Rabbit-hole
- 01.094 and went down a rabbit-hole,
Can be hyphenated or not, according to OED.
“rabbit hole, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/270279. Accessed 19 September 2017.
Rabbit-cropped
- 06.040 the patches of rabbit-cropped turf,
This very specific word is not found in OED.
Post-office
Did the Shire have post-offices? or is this the voice of the translator JRRT naming a familiar place because Bilbo named something which the audience would have no idea about?
- 04.017 as well as you do to the nearest post-office;
Hyphenated or not, according to OED.
“post office, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/148624. Accessed 19 September 2017.
Pork-pie
- 01.055 And pork-pie
A round pastry-encapsulated dish of chopped meat with a bit of pork gelatin and more or fewer spices depending on your region. A pork-pie hat is similarly round with a small brim.
The hyphen is found in the OED examples.
“pork pie, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/147997. Accessed 19 September 2017.
Pop-gun
One of the few, jarring, primary world references.
- 01.049 and then open the door like a pop-gun!
The word has an OED entry as one word with be-hyphenated examples.
“popgun, n. and adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/147828. Accessed 19 September 2017.
Pony-rides
- 02.036 adventures are not all pony-rides
“Pony ride” may be found in OED, but in . no case is it hyphenated. I’m calling this a JRRT original spelling.
“pony, n.1 and adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/147692. Accessed 19 September 2017.
Pocket-picking
- 02.109 and pocket-picking,” said Bombur,
This word has it’s own glorious OED entry, completely distinct from “pickpocket”.
“pocket-picking, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/146416. Accessed 19 September 2017.
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