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Examples
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(So, too, ‘the Tooks were not as respectable as the Bagginses, though they were undoubtedly richer.’)
superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism superversive 2010
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Alas, we Tooks and Brandybucks cannot live comfortably on the heights with the kings and nobles of Middle Earth.
Dangerous Narcissism 2006
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"Not now, Tooks," admonished Schmidt, the other weapons rating.
Genellan- Planetfall Gier, Scott 2005
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Indeed, in one corner some of the young Tooks and Brandybucks, supposing Uncle Bilbo to have finished (since he had plainly said all that was necessary), now got up an impromptu orchestra, and began a merry dance-tune.
The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965
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There was almost silence, and one or two of the Tooks pricked up their ears.
The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965
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There were many Bagginses and Boffins, and also many Tooks and Brandybucks; there were various Grubbs (relations of Bilbo Baggins 'grandmother), and various Chubbs (connexions of his Took grandfather); and a selection of Burrowses, Bolgers, Bracegirdles, Brockhouses, Goodbodies, Hornblowers and Proudfoots.
The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965
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Then a number of other people came (without orders): Bagginses, and Boffins, and Bolgers, and Tooks, and other guests that lived or were staying near.
The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965
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My dear Bagginses and Boffins, he began again; and my dear Tooks and Brandybucks, and Grubbs, and Chubbs, and Burrowses, and Hornblowers, and Bolgers, Bracegirdles, Goodbodies, Brockhouses and Proudfoots.
The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965
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Nearly all Tooks still lived in the Tookland, but that was not true of many other families, such as the Bagginses or the Boffins.
The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965
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Even in Bilbo's time the strong Fallohidish strain could still be noted among the greater families, such as the Tooks and the Masters of Buckland.
The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965
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