Old Toby

Old Toby
  1) (Hobbit)
 / Old Toby
   The nickname of Tobold Hornblower.
   The nickname given to Tobold Hornblower, the famous old Hobbit who introduced pipe-weed into the Shire. One of the most popular varieties of the weed was named 'Old Toby' in his honour.
  2) (pipe-weed)
 / Old Toby
   One of the best varieties of pipe-weed.
   One of the most notable varieties of the plant known as pipe-weed or Halflings' Leaf, grown in the region around Longbottom in the Shire's Southfarthing. It took its name from the famous old Hobbit who introduced pipe-weed to the Shire, the original 'Old Toby', Tobold Hornblower.

J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary. . 2003.

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