• Auli@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Really where was it used?
    Found it but no it was not. One line in one book from 1895 “The whole earth was overrun with ghosts, boggles … hobbits, hobgoblins."
    So still think it’s very unlikely it was a word that anyone knew before the Hobbit.