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/ˈhæflɪŋ/ · noun
(fantasy) A fictional small humanoid creature featuring in fantasy fiction; a hobbit..
Often it had been my fate to accompany the pick of the knight errantry of Whinnyliggate on such quests—for, though Nance was about my own age, she had become a reigning belle while I was but a halfling boy.
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Halfling means (fantasy) A fictional small humanoid creature featuring in fantasy fiction; a hobbit..
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Often it had been my fate to accompany the pick of the knight errantry of Whinnyliggate on such quests—for, though Nance was about my own age, she had become a reigning belle while I was but a halfling boy.
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