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A name given to the [[One Ring]] by [[Gollum]]. The word had been used by [[Isildur]] when he explained why he couldn't destroy it ("It is ''precious'' to me, though I buy it with great pain") [[Bilbo]] also used it, before he left on his journey, a sign that told [[Gandalf]] of the Ring's control.
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[[Image:The Hobbit (2003) Gollum.JPG|thumb|225px|right|One of Gollum's few lines in ''[[The Hobbit (2003 video game)]]''.]]
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'''"Precious"''', alternatively known as '''"the Precious"''', '''"[[Gollum|my]] Precious"''' and occasionally '''"his Precious"''', was a name given to the [[One Ring]] by [[Gollum]], but was used by others as well: the Ring was said to have been precious to [[Sauron]], [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]], [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and [[Isildur]].
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One of Gollum's few lines in The Hobbit (2003 video game).
"'It has been called that before,' he said, 'but not by you.'"
Gandalf to Bilbo, A Long-expected Party

"Precious", alternatively known as "the Precious", "my Precious" and occasionally "his Precious", was a name given to the One Ring by Gollum, but was used by others as well: the Ring was said to have been precious to Sauron, Bilbo, Frodo and Isildur.