All 4 Uses of
badger
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- You are always badgering me about my ring; but you have never bothered me about the other things that I got on my journey.†
Chpt 1.1 (definition 1) *
- 'No, but I had to badger you,' said Gandalf.†
Chpt 1.1 (definition 2)
- He waited for an opportunity, when the talk was going again, and Tom was telling an absurd story about badgers and their queer ways — then he slipped the Ring on.†
Chpt 1.7 (definition 2)
- 'There must have been a mighty crowd of dwarves here at one time ' said Sam; 'and every one of them busier than badgers for five hundred years to make all this, and most in hard rock too!†
Chpt 2.4 (definition 2) *
Definitions:
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(1) (badger as in: badgered her until she agreed) to nag or bother someone repeatedly -- typically to repeatedly ask them to do something
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(2) (badger as in: saw a badger) a type of mammal that digs tunnels with strong claws and is widely distributed in the northern hemisphere