foxing

[ fok-sing ]

noun

1. material used to cover the upper portion of a shoe.
2. discoloration, as of book leaves or prints.

foxing

/ ˈfɒksɪŋ /

noun

1. a piece of leather used to reinforce or trim part of the upper of a shoe

Word History and Origins

Origin of foxing¹

fox + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

To-night it wasn't that feeling that made it difficult for me to go on "foxing."

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Fox; (verb) to pretend, to feign, to sham: 'he's not sick at all, he's only foxing.'

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It is curious that the expression "foxing" is not so suitable to this animal as to many others.

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They were still "foxing," or as my Samoan servant called it, le toga-fiti e mate (pretending to be dead).

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His strong point was foxing clothes with canvas which he always carried for that purpose.

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