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Clue-Finder

June 26, 2015September 7, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, JRRT, word
  • 12.052 I am the clue-finder,

As with most names and titles in the work, there is no reference in OED, and it is now classed as JRRT original.

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Clover

June 26, 2015October 4, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 07.025 Especially there was clover,
  • 07.025 waving patches of cockscomb clover,
  • 07.025 and purple clover,
  • 07.025 and wide stretches of short white sweet honey-smelling clover.
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Clot

June 26, 2015October 4, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 07.116 and clotted cream)
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Clink-clink

June 26, 2015September 7, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, JRRT, onomatopoeia, word

Although “clink-clank” is in OED as well as plain old “clink”, making this hyphenated word is a JRRT original.

  • 04.040 with a clink-clink of chains,

“clink, n.1.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2017. Web. 7 September 2017.

“clink-clank, n.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2017. Web. 7 September 2017.

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Cliff-wall

June 26, 2015September 7, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, word

The hyphen is present in OED in the example texts, although it’s listed as a compound word.

  • 11.008 in a great cliff-wall

“cliff, n.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2017. Web. 7 September 2017.

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Cleave

June 26, 2015October 4, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 03.038 “May it soon cleave goblins once again!”
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Clay-pipe

June 26, 2015September 7, 2017 lfsaldenbirch 10K, hyphen, word

It is hyphenated just so in OED.

  • 01.068 he sent a smaller smoke-ring from his short clay-pipe

“clay, n.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2017. Web. 7 September 2017.

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Claw

June 26, 2015October 4, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 06.092 in his claws
  • 12.016 opened a claw,
  • 12.072 my claws spears,
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Clarinet

June 26, 2015October 4, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 01.070 and came back with clarinets
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Clamour

June 26, 2015October 4, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 06.060 and their dreadful clamour almost made the hobbit fall
  • 08.072 and the wood was filled again with their clamour
  • 09.009 and clamour?
  • 10.036 but to obey the general clamour,
  • 14.032 till the clamour echoed along the shore.
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