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{{disambig-more|Tim|[[Tim (disambiguation)]]}}
'''Tim''', said to be the "[[Unusual words|nuncle]]" of [[Tom (The Stone Troll)|Tom]], is only mentioned in verse composed by [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam Gamgee]]. In the poem, Tom encounters an old [[Stone-trolls|troll]], gnawing for years on the shinbone of Tim, and Tom demands to let it down.<ref>{{FR|I12}}</ref><ref>{{AB|7}}</ref> Most likely, Tim was only an invention by [[Sam]].<ref name=RF>{{HM|Guide}}, p. 385</ref>

== Genealogy ==
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{{familytree| | | | UNK | | TIM | |UNK=''unknown''|TIM='''TIM'''}}
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{{familytree| | | | TOM | | | | | |TOM=[[Tom (character from The Stone Troll)|Tom]]}}
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[[Pauline Baynes]] who illustrated ''[[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]]'', depicted Tom who kicked the troll with his ''boots'', as [[Tom Bombadil]]; although the name was most probably generic and there is no evidence that the author intended Tom to be Bombadil, as having an uncle and father would be absurd.

[[Robert Foster]] considers a possibility that Tom was somehow modelled after Bombadil, considering that Sam composed the poem soon after their meeting.<ref name=RF/>

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