‘Errantry’
JRR Tolkien
Commercially found in Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Image: detail, Pauline Baynes’ illustration, for above
[Where did JKR hear the buzz of Dumbledore … ]
Tolkien’s Errantry
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Lipstick
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You’re Doing It Wrong
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