fox terrier EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun either of two English breeds of small terriers having either a long, wiry coat or a short, flat coat, formerly used for driving foxes from their holes. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of fox terrier First recorded in 1815–25 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for fox terrier Historical Examples of fox terrier
But when a Burman sees a fox-terrier or any English dog his delight is unfeigned.
H. Fielding
I’d say, and Piddie would prick up his ears like a fox-terrier sightin’ a rat.
Sewell Ford
She looked at the fox-terrier curled up in front of the fire-place.
Alan Alexander Milne
It seemed as natural that I should chase Zepps as that a fox-terrier should chase chickens.
Lewis R. Freeman
He is a fox-terrier of lusty appetite, and he tried to eat it.
Cutcliffe Hyne
British Dictionary definitions for fox terrier fox terrier noun either of two breeds of small terrier, the wire-haired and the smooth, having a white coat with markings of black or tan or both Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012