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'''Mathoms''' was an old word of the [[hobbit-dialect]], not recorded as being in use outside the [[Shire]]. It was used to refer to any item that had no particular immediate use, but whose owner had no wish to throw away. Mathoms were often given as presents by the [[Shire-hobbits]] - an important part of their culture - or stored in the [[Mathom-house]] in [[Michel Delving]].
'''Mathoms''' was an old word of the [[hobbit-dialect]], not recorded as being in use outside the [[Shire]]. It was used to refer to any item that had no particular immediate use, but whose owner had no wish to throw away. Mathoms were often given as presents by the [[Shire-hobbits]] - an important part of their culture - or stored in the [[Mathom-house]] in [[Michel Delving]].
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Mathoms was an old word of the hobbit-dialect, not recorded as being in use outside the Shire. It was used to refer to any item that had no particular immediate use, but whose owner had no wish to throw away. Mathoms were often given as presents by the Shire-hobbits - an important part of their culture - or stored in the Mathom-house in Michel Delving.