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Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 04:06:28 +0200

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Geekend
Geek Trivia: What use of the word hobbit predates Tolkien by more than a century?
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techrepublic/geekend/~3/kwfg3S3Otis/10567

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An explicit, well-documented use of the word hobbit predates Tolkien's creation by well over 100 years -- and it has nothing to do with halflings, fantasy, or Middle Earth.

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