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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
Is it the spoons that Lobelia pinches?
Or the stolen things she hides in her umbrella?
Or the case of spoons Bilbo gives her?
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The latter. That is the correct meaning of the first line.
The umbrella line is a separate entity, as are the rest. There is an overlying connection, but each line has a separate "mini-answer".