Volume of Forgotten Lore
Ramblings of a random mind.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Word of the Day
gaffer
: an old man; an overseer
None other than J.R.R. Tolkien first introduced me to this word. In
The Lord of the Rings
Samwise Gamgee's old gardener father was often referred to as Gaffer (although his name was actually Hamfast).
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