Meaning of fox-drunk | Babel Free

Definitions

Crafty and sneaky when drunk.

Examples

“[…]the eighth is fox-drunk, when he is crafty-drunk, as many of the Dutchmen be, that will never bargain but when they are drunk.”

“The sixth and last⟳ animal of our menagerie is the fox-drunk man. He is crafty, ready to trade⟳ horses and cheat if he can. Keen to strike⟳ a bargain, leering around with low cunning, peeping through cracks, listening under the eaves, watching for some suspicious thing, sly as a fox, sneaking as a wolf, he is the meanest drunkard of them all.”

“The fox drunk is just as easy to spot as the wild one especially late at night. He does everything just a little too perfectly to be true. On an open⟳ highway or turnpike he drives nice and steady but about five to ten mph below the limit⟳. In the suburbs, he spends too much time when he stops for a stop⟳ sign⟳ and there is no traffic around.”

“[…]So much tiptoeing hither and thither, like⟳ a thrush! I pretended to use⟳ the necessary but hid my money and watch⟳ there." "Fox-drunk! You was fox-drunk, Poli."”

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