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hobbits

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1. Hairy-footed creatures who inhabit the Middle-earth created in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction. Gentle, peace-loving, and only two to four feet tall, hobbits figure prominently in the struggle between the forces of good and evil in The Lord of the Rings.

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Fellow hobbits “Sam, Merry and Pippin set out to retrace the first steps of their adventure” while a new generation seeks to unearth a “long-buried secret.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

Colbert is planning to adapt chapters three to eight of The Fellowship of the Ring, in which Frodo and his fellow hobbits begin their epic quest.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

"Summer rainfall fell and river-beds became seasonally dry, placing stress on both hobbits and their prey."

From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026

But the three in the back had better be hobbits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

Suddenly he stopped, put the hobbits down, and raised his curled hands to his mouth so that they made a hollow tube; then he blew or called through them.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien