dog fox
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dog fox
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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It looked to Johnny as if the dog fox had eaten a couple of fat pullets, and had a third in his mouth.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
Johnny had never seen an old dog fox with a fat pullet in his mouth, but he recognized the expression when he saw it.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
"And when we came to the seventeenth, just as I was going to drive, what should I see but an old dog fox staring at me out of the hedge!"
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914 by Various
They heard several times again the high-pitched "yap yurr," and once the deeper notes, which told that the dog fox, too, was near the camp, and was doubtless seeking food to carry home.
From Rolf in the Woods by Seton, Ernest Thompson
Down the hill like a flash goes a good dog fox, past the small wood to the right, through the spinnies, straight into the open beyond.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
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