- 10.045 from the great steps of the town-hall that went down to the lake.
Hyphenated or not in the examples in OED.
“town hall, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/204058. Accessed 21 September 2017.
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Town-baiting
- 14.017 Just now he was enjoying the sport of town-baiting
A new sport, not mentioned in OED.
Toss-pot
- 09.047 in an idle toss-pot’s arms.
“A drunkard” says OED. It can be hyphenated or not by the examples given.
“tosspot, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/203771. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Top-hat
- 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
- 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
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
- 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.
To-do
- 05.143 to-do, and disturbance.
Hyphenated so in OED.
“to-do, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/202830. Accessed 21 September 2017.
To-day
- 12.038 What are we to do now, to-day?’
- 13.070 We can go no further to-day.’
Hyphenated in the OED in the examples.
“today, adv., n., and adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/202816. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Tinder-box
- 06.099 and Gloin had lost their tinder-boxes.
- 13.013 and Gloin have not lost their tinder-boxes,
Hyphenated so in OED.
“ˈtinder-box, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/202196. Accessed 21 September 2017.
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