Samwise Gamgee

noun

A persistent and loyal friend who plays a supporting role.

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Meanings

nounSamwise Gamgee (plural Samwise Gamgees)

plural Samwise Gamgees

  1. A persistent and loyal friend who plays a supporting role.

    I defend the pudgy Sancho Panzas, the rotund Ragueneaus, and the sentimental Samwise Gamgees of the world.

    2014, Dwight Longenecker, The Romance of Religion: Fighting for Goodness, Truth, and Beauty, page 87=88
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    Yes, thank you, Grove will be happy to learn about the doctorate." Watson was a fitting placeholder for Grove. Watson was the Samwise Gamgee of these stories anyway

    2023, Lawrence Davis, Dawn of Legacy, WildBlue Press

    condolences. Later, they seemed to forget about me, for which I was grateful. I thought about going upstairs to watch Casablanca, which I'd recorded off TCM. But Ihad an obligation to Bob's death and the kids, so I bowed to duty as always. I was the Samwise Gamgee of Vegas.

    2024, Patricia Santos Marcantonio, Misbehaving at Cactus Lanes, HarperCollins Publisher

Origin

From the character in the Lord of the Rings series.

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