In Queen's English, "bother" is an expression of annoyance. As an example, Winnie the pooh will often say "Oh bother" when he's faced with a difficult (for him) problem.
So, when Bilbo says "bother burgling", he's indicating that he's annoyed with the entire concept of it, and even more, that he's been saddled with the task.
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Bilbo Baggins was hired to be the burgler in the Hobbit.
No, The Hobbit was not a Newbery book. Tolkien was not an American and did not live in the United States, so was not qualified to win.
The HobbitThe Fellowship of the Ring, Book IThe Fellowship of the Ring, Book IIThe Two Towers, Book IThe Two Towers, Book IIThe Return of the King, Book IThe Return of the King, Book IIThe Silmarillion is another book that Tolkien also set in Middle-earth thousands of years before the first of the Hobbit books, but it is a history of the Elves and does not concern itself with Hobbits (except briefly in its final chapter where it reviews the events of the end of the Third Age from the point of view of the Elves, which differs slightly from the point of view of the Hobbits).
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There is no character called "blbo" in the Hobbit and we do not know what you mean by "frequentoy".