fox terrier

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

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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.

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H. Fielding

I’d say, and Piddie would prick up his ears like a fox-terrier sightin’ a rat.

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Sewell Ford

She looked at the fox-terrier curled up in front of the fire-place.

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Alan Alexander Milne

It seemed as natural that I should chase Zepps as that a fox-terrier should chase chickens.

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Lewis R. Freeman

He is a fox-terrier of lusty appetite, and he tried to eat it.

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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