cross fox
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cross fox
First recorded in 1765–75
Example Sentences
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The only skins unaffected were such blue-chip staples as the very fine white, silver, and cross fox, Russian sable, fisher.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cross fox is a cross between the black or silver and the red fox.
From Hudson Bay by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
A choice "cross" fox skin costing only $50 is far more beautiful, as a color proposition; but London joyously pays $2,500 or $3,000 for a single black-fox skin, to wear!
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
It turned out to be a cross fox, and had very pretty fur.
From Tales of lonely trails by Grey, Zane
Wouldn't it be nice, now, if we could get a silver or a cross fox?
From Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North by Waldo, Fullerton
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