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fox-hole

fox-hole is the alternative form of foxhole.

Meaning of foxhole

Noun

foxhole (plural foxholes)

  1. The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.
  2. A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire.
    • The statement made during the Second World War that “there are no atheists in foxholes” is absurd. Foxholes teem with atheists—who, to be sure, frequently infringe the Third Commandment in their desperation.1962, Hoxie Neale Fairchild, Religious Trends in English Poetry: 1880-1920: Gods of a Changing Poetry, Columbia University Press, page 378

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Forms of fox-hole

pluralfox-holes

Questions about fox-hole

What is fox-hole the alternative form of?
Fox-hole is the alternative form of foxhole.

Words near fox-hole in the dictionary

  1. Fox-Fordyce disease
  2. fox-fur
  3. fox-furs
  4. fox-glove
  5. fox-gloves
  6. fox-hole
  7. fox-holes
  8. fox-hunter
  9. fox-hunters
  10. fox-shark
  11. fox-sharks

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