Meanings
plural maidchildren
- alternativeAlternative spelling of maid child.
'Well, Mr. Frodo,' he said. 'I'm in a bit of a fix. Rose and me had settled to call him Frodo, with your leave; but it's not him, it's her. Though as pretty a maidchild as anyone could hope for, taking after Rose more than me, luckily. So we don't know what to do.'
1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, HarperCollins, published 1999, →ISBN, page 371
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