hob|bit

hob|bit
hob|bit «HOB iht», noun.
1. any one of an imaginary race of genial beings, small in stature, who love peace, pleasure, and beauty, created by the British writer J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973): »

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. (Tolkien).

2. Informal. an extinct humanlike species of small stature, fossils of which were found on the Indonesian island of Flores; Homo floresiensis.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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