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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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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

"Competition for dwindling water and food probably forced the hobbits to abandon Liang Bua."

From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026

But the three in the back had better be hobbits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

Mortensen “invited us hobbits to laser tag,” Wood recalls, and then they all went over to Dickerson’s studio, where Buckethead and a bunch of instruments were scattered around the room.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024

The hobbits seated themselves beside him, one on either side, with their backs to the stony wall, resting their legs.

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