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The '''Noakes''' were a working-class family of [[hobbits]]. | The '''Noakes''' were a working-class family of [[hobbits]].<ref>{{FR|Party}}</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Noake(s) or Noke(s) is a real-life English surname, derived probably from the place-name No(a)ke, etymologized as ''atten oke'' "at the oak".<ref>{{HM|N}}, p. 761</ref> | Noake(s) or Noke(s) is a real-life English surname, derived probably from the place-name No(a)ke, etymologized as ''atten oke'' "at the oak".<ref>{{HM|N}}, p. 761</ref> | ||
