foxship
Noun
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Noun
foxship (uncountable)
- The character or qualities of a fox; foxiness; craftiness; cunning.
- 1605-08, Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act 4, Scene 2
- Hadst thou foxship to banish him that struck more blows for Rome than thou hast spoken words.
- 1605-08, Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act 4, Scene 2
- (Used as a mock title) The fox.
- 1880, The Californian
- The dingo, however, does not possess the cunning of his foxship; and, unlike the latter, he "gives himself away" by heralding his coming by a peculiar howl, the authorship of which it is impossible to mistake.
- 1904, Field and Stream
- I caught a fleeting far-away glimpse of the quarry as he loped across an open field just before re-entering the big swamp-I thought a few things that were anything but complimentary to his foxship, and throwing myself on the ground, […]
- 1880, The Californian
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