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foxie

foxie noun: a fox terrier. Also the diminutive of fox.

Noun

foxie (plural foxies)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A fox terrier.
    • He was a spare fellow, eager as a foxie, with the remains of a good profile and some remnants of grey curl.1979, Thea Astley, Hunting the Wild Pineapple, Nelson, page 21

Also used as

foxie is also the diminutive of fox.

Forms of foxie

pluralfoxies

Origin of foxie

From fox + -ie.

Questions about foxie

What does foxie mean?
Foxie means a fox terrier.
What part of speech is foxie?
Foxie is a noun.
What is the plural of foxie?
The plural of foxie is foxies.

Words near foxie in the dictionary

  1. foxhunters
  2. foxhunting
  3. foxhunts
  4. Foxian
  5. Foxians
  6. foxie
  7. foxier
  8. foxies
  9. foxiest
  10. Foxification
  11. foxily

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