Foxship
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Foxship is a noun meaning The character or qualities of a fox; foxiness; craftiness; cunning.
Meaning
The character or qualities of a fox; foxiness; craftiness; cunning.
More Meanings
- (Used as a mock title) The fox.
Example Sentences
"[…] 'Are we not Wasawahili?' men who obtain their ends by foxship?"
Hadst thou foxship to banish him that struck more blows for Rome than thou hast spoken words.
The dingo, however, does not possess the cunning of his foxship; and, unlike the latter, he "gives himself away" by heralding his coming by a peculiar howl, the authorship of which it is impossible to mistake.
I caught a fleeting far-away glimpse of the quarry as he loped across an open field just before re-entering the big swamp-I thought a few things that were anything but complimentary to his foxship, and throwing myself on the ground, […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include foxhood, foxling, foeship, fopks, foxe, foxfire.
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