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foxery

foxery noun: cunning behavior; trickery; deceit.

Noun

foxery (uncountable)

  1. cunning behavior; trickery; deceit

Origin of foxery

From Middle English foxerie, equivalent to fox + -ery.

Questions about foxery

What does foxery mean?
Foxery means cunning behavior; trickery; deceit.
What part of speech is foxery?
Foxery is a noun.

Words near foxery in the dictionary

  1. foxeh
  2. Foxell
  3. foxen
  4. foxer
  5. foxers
  6. foxery
  7. foxes
  8. foxes guarding the henhouse
  9. foxes in henhouses
  10. foxes in the henhouse
  11. foxess

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