fox terrier

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fox terrier

A small terrier of any of various breeds, especially the smooth fox terrier and the wire fox terrier, originally developed in England for driving foxes from their burrows.

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fox terrier

(Breeds) 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

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fox′ ter′rier

either of two English breeds of small terriers with a long, narrow head and a white coat usu. with black or tan, formerly used for driving foxes from their holes.

[1815–25]

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fox terrier - small lively black-and-white terriers formerly used to dig out foxes

terrier - any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground

smooth-haired fox terrier - a fox terrier with smooth hair

wire-haired fox terrier - a fox terrier with wiry hair

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كَلْب الأوْكار

foxteriér

foxterrier

Foxterrier

foxi

foxgrefill

fox-terrier

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tilki terriyeri

猎狐小犬

fox terrier

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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

fox

(foks) – plural ˈfoxes – noun

a type of reddish-brown wild animal which looks like a dog.

adjective

fox-fur.

verb

to puzzle or confuse. She was completely foxed.

ˈfoxy adjective

1. clever in a deceitful way. He's a foxy fellow.

2. like a fox. She had rather foxy features.

ˈfoxhound noun

a kind of dog trained to chase foxes.

fox terrier

a kind of dog formerly trained to drive foxes out of their holes in the ground.

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On a thick green rug stretched in front of the fireplace, a fox terrier lay blinking at the wood fire.

The fox terrier, after a few moments' scratching at the door, resumed his place upon the rug and curled himself up to renewed slumber.

As a matter of fact, though," he went on, twisting the fox terrier's ear a little, "no one has called here at all except yourself, during the last hour or two.

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Old Mother Hubbard was boosting me to beat the band as a genuine Pomeranian-Hambletonian-Red-Irish-Cochin-China-Stoke-Pogis fox terrier. The fat lady chased a V around among the samples of gros grain flannelette in her shopping bag till she cornered it, and gave up.

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She turned to the fox terrier and made it speak for a piece of meat.

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Little Vixen, my fox terrier, went out through the other side; and then there was a roaring and a grunting and bubbling, and I saw the tent cave in, as the pole snapped, and begin to dance about like a mad ghost.

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Then I returned again to the valley for an armful of grasses and on this trip was fortunate enough to knock over an orthopi, the diminutive horse of Pellucidar, a little animal about the size of a fox terrier, which abounds in all parts of the inner world.

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Evie's fox terrier, who had passed for white, was only a dirty grey dog now, so intense was the purity that surrounded him.

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As they came nearer a dozen dogs ran barking toward them-- gaunt wolf hounds, a huge great Dane, a nimble-footed collie and a number of yapping, quarrelsome fox terriers. At first their appearance was savage and unfriendly in the extreme; but once they recognized the foremost black warriors, and the white man behind them their attitude underwent a remarkable change.

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Trinny, an 11-year-old fox terrier, was treated at Manchester PDSA Pet hospital, where she needed multiple operations to treat her wounds.

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A wire fox terrier called King won best in show hours later.

The story behind the dog drama at Westminster

NEW YORK, Feb 12 (Reuters) -- A wire fox terrier won "Best in Show" at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York on Tuesday, emerging as the top dog among nearly 3,000 barking, tail-wagging competitors.