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main earth

main earth noun: a fox's primary lair.

Noun

main earth (plural main earths)

  1. (fox hunting) A fox's primary lair.
    • ‘What the hell do you mean by leaving the main-earth unstopped?’ the infuriated voice continued.1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 24

Forms of main earth

pluralmain earths

Questions about main earth

What does main earth mean?
Main earth means a fox's primary lair.
What part of speech is main earth?
Main earth is a noun.
What is the plural of main earth?
The plural of main earth is main earths.

Words near main earth in the dictionary

  1. main drag
  2. main drags
  3. main drape
  4. main drapes
  5. main droite
  6. main earth
  7. main earths
  8. main event
  9. main events
  10. main frame
  11. main frames

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