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Meaning of foxship | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. The character or qualities of a fox; foxiness; craftiness; cunning.
    uncountable
  2. The fox.
    uncountable

Examples

“Hadst thou foxship to banish him that struck more blows for Rome than thou hast spoken words.”
“"[…] 'Are we not Wasawahili?' men who obtain their ends by foxship?"”
“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, […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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