- present participle of fox.
foxing
Americannoun
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material used to cover the upper portion of a shoe.
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discoloration, as of book leaves or prints.
noun
Etymology
Origin of foxing
Example Sentences
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In most cases, the originals were replaced with high-quality copies that mimicked even their foxing — a sign of a sophisticated operation.
From New York Times • May 1, 2024
If a fox isn’t foxing, is she even a fox?
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2020
While the blues lurk everywhere in Raitt’s work, she—like George—avoids taking long solos, instead foxing her slide work in and around and behind her vocals.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 9, 2016
Kolarov looks to bend one into the bottom right, but though it’s beaten the wall, it’s never foxing Buffon, and is sailing wide anyway.
From The Guardian • Sep. 15, 2015
The cream of the joke," he explained, when he recovered his powers of speech, "was that neither Winter nor Sutgrove had the slightest idea that I was foxing.
From The Motor Pirate by Paternoster, G. Sidney
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