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foxing en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The discoloration of printed material with brown marks.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A band of material joining the upper of a shoe to the sole.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Crafty or wily behavior.
    • "Here, wake up!" cried Silas. "None of your foxin'! Wake up! D'ye hear?" He shook him roughly by the shoulder, but the boy still slumbered on. 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
  4. (countable, slang, uncountable) Pretending to be asleep or unconscious.

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Synonyms

measles · mealiness

foxing en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of fox
    form of fox