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A term introduced by [[Tolkien]] in the Prologue of ''The Fellowship of the Ring'':
 
for anything that Hobbits had no immediate use for, but were unwilling to throw away, they called a ''mathom''.
 
  
See [[Collector]].
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'''''Mathom''''' is a term introduced by [[Tolkien]] in the Prologue of ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' (1954):
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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.
  
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See also: [[Kipple]], [[Collector]].
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(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.

See also: Kipple, Collector.



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