Noakes Family

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The Noakes family (plural Nokeses) were working-class hobbits.[1]

Etymology

Noake(s) or Noke(s) is a real-life English surname, derived probably from the place-name No(a)ke, etymologized as atten oke "at the oak".[2]

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