Both Uses
morsel
in
The Hobbit
(Edited)
- Bilbo found himself answering, to his own surprise; and he found himself scuttling off, too, to the cellar to fill a pint beer-mug, and to the pantry to fetch two beautiful round seed-cakes which he had baked that afternoon for his after-supper morsel.
p. 9.8morsel = small quantity of food
- I guess it's a choice feast; at least a tasty morsel it'd make us, gollum!
p. 68.9 *morsel = a small bit of food
Definitions:
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(1)
(morsel) a very small quantity -- usually of food
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)