mathom

  1. Noun.  A trinket or piece of bric-a-brac.
  2. Noun.  A precious item saved and used in regifting, from ''Lord of the Rings'': "Anything that Hobbits ''had no immediate use for, but were unwilling to throw away'', they called a mathom. Their dwellings were apt to become rather crowded with mathoms, and ''many of the presents that passed from hand to hand were of that sort''.

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