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foxholes

foxholes is the plural of foxhole.

foxholes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Phrases with foxholes

Questions about foxholes

What is foxholes the plural of?
Foxholes is the plural of foxhole.

Words near foxholes in the dictionary

  1. foxhole
  2. Foxhole Circuit
  3. foxhole radio
  4. foxhole radios
  5. foxholed
  6. foxholes
  7. foxholing
  8. foxhood
  9. foxhound
  10. foxhounds
  11. Foxhoven

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