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fox terriers

fox terriers is the plural of fox terrier.

Meaning of fox terrier

Noun

fox terrier (plural fox terriers)

  1. Either of two breeds of dog (the smooth fox terrier and the wire fox terrier) bred for fox hunting.
    • One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, pages 46–47
    Synonyms:
    foxie

Questions about fox terriers

What is fox terriers the plural of?
Fox terriers is the plural of fox terrier.

Words near fox terriers in the dictionary

  1. fox sparrows
  2. fox squirrel
  3. fox squirrels
  4. Fox Street
  5. fox terrier
  6. fox terriers
  7. fox tossing
  8. fox tox
  9. fox trot
  10. fox trots
  11. fox wedge

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