Thread: Pippin on OED
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Old 04-09-2007, 02:20 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Bęthberry
There's no end to intriguing stuff in the OED. I wonder what words and entires Tolkien worked on, if any.

I'd always though Pippen was just a seedy character.
He worked on the W's. Ring of Words is a fantastic book covering his time at the OED.

Introduction here (PDF file)

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