fox
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4.1
- noun
- /fɑks/
:
piel de zorro
- When I handled Trapper John's fox pelts, the muskrat, even the coyotes, each felt supple as Florentine glove leather.
- fox fur
- fox coat
- fox stole
And you're, you're just wearing your life around your neck like a, you know, just like a fox, like a fox fur.
- And you're, you're just wearing your life around your neck like a, you know, just like a fox, like a fox fur.
- Of course I pulled look, this one's white fox, this one she and but this one is also double lined.
Examples
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The lady next to her was wearing a fox stole that kept staring at me over her shoulder.
Fiction book (1994) -
It is made entirely of virgin white fox.
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And if you must wear fox to the opera...
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In your fox fur hide
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All right, here's Miss Lee with her white fox black plain shirt.
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My mother, wrapped in her new fox stole, stood in the pet department comparing blue parakeets to green ones.
Fiction book (1996) -
From racks in all directions hung spotted leopard pelts, shimmering beaver skins, and white winter fox stoles.
Fiction book (1990) -
She wore a beautiful coat made from fox fur to the winter gala.
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The luxury store displayed a range of clothing items crafted from fox fur.
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He admired the stunning fox fur hat that his grandmother had kept for years.
Synonyms
279
1.0
Soft thick hair that covers some animals or the material used for warm coats
Idioms
Compounds
- US
1
5.7
A medium-sized wild animal with gray fur that lives in North and Central America and can climb trees
- US
1
7.2
A small gray fox with large ears that lives in western North American deserts and is active at night
A wild animal like a small dog from northern South America that eats crabs and small animals
A nickname for the German general Erwin Rommel who led forces in North Africa during World War II
A large tree squirrel with a bushy tail and reddish gray fur that lives in the eastern United States
- Specialized
A wild grape native to eastern North America with dark purple fruit used for jams and juices
- Specialized
A large shark in warm seas with a long whiplike tail used to herd and stun small fish
- US
A small wild fox from Mexico and the US with a long bushy tail with black and white rings
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Etymology
The word fox also names the soft fur of the animal because makers long used real fox fur in clothes and called the material by the animal's name. So when you see fox used for clothing it usually means the fur from a fox.