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Revision as of 04:57, 3 October 2020
(Did you mean a different Mathom?)
Mathom is a term introduced by Tolkien in the Prologue of The Fellowship of the Ring (1954):
Anything that Hobbits had no immediate use for, but were unwilling to throw away, they called a mathom. Their dwellings were apt to become rather crowded with mathoms, and many of the presents that passed from hand to hand were of that sort.
| Fanspeak | 1954— |
| This is a fanspeak page. Please extend it by adding information about when and by whom it was coined, whether it’s still in use, etc. |
