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adjective

Foxy adj.

Like or pertaining to the fox; foxlike in disposition or looks; wily; cunning. "Modred's narrow, foxy face."

Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown color; applied sometimes to paintings when they have too much of this color.

Having the odor of a fox; rank; strong smelling.

Sour; unpleasant in taste; said of wine, beer, etc., not properly fermented; also of grapes which have the coarse flavor of the fox grape.

Attractive in a sexually appealing way; of women. (Slang)

Stylish and sexually attractive; of women's clothing; as, wearing a foxy new outfit. (Slang)

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Etymology of 'Foxy'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Foxy" Quotes from Famous Books

... was another thing that only time could prove. Whether Gabe did really see a light, and mean to change his ways, or was playing a foxy game for some purpose, there could be no way of telling, until he chose to come out ...

— Fred Fenton on the Crew - or, The Young Oarsmen of Riverport School • Allen Chapman

... the whelps squeal like a flock of young pups. I found some dry leaves and struck a fire breaking off the limbs of the old stub for fuel, After an hour these limbs were all burned up and I had to go about thirty feet to another stub for wood. I had to be pretty foxy for both lioness and Dog kept uncomfortably close to me all the time I carried my six shooter in one hand, and wood on the other arm; just as I was returning with a load of wood the moon broke through a cloud and the old Dog was standing about forty five feet away in a bunch ...

— Black Beaver - The Trapper • James Campbell Lewis

... Fox-Foot, but the boy had disappeared for a moment. The two stood silent, then Jack's quick eye caught sight of the Chippewa many yards distant crawling on his belly like a snake, in and out among the blueberry bushes upstream. "Foxy's gone for all night; we'll never see him until daylight. He'll watch that canoe like a lynx. He's worth his weight in gold," murmured Matt Larson. Then he added, addressing Jack, "I thought I brought you out here because your eyes were gone smash! Why, ...

— The Shagganappi • E. Pauline Johnson

... fell into a foxy fit of musing, and there rose before his mind the pale face and dragged, weary, listless look of a girl now standing at the ribbon counter. "She'll break down when hard work begins again," he thought; "she's ...

— Without a Home • E. P. Roe

... why she stayed to nurse the old woman; so she could get a ride home with Walter Mason. She's foxy, all right." ...

— Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach - Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves • Annie Roe Carr

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