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Halfling is another name for J. R. R. Tolkien's Hobbit and is a fictional race sometimes found in fantasy novel and game. In many settings, they are similar to human except about half the size. Dungeons & Dragons began using the name halfling as an alternative to hobbit for legal reasons.
One possible origin for the word derives from the Scots word hauflin, pre-dating The Hobbit and Dungeons & Dragons. It meant an awkward rustic teenager, who is neither man nor boy, and so half of both...
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