fox
noun
any of several carnivores of the dog family, especially those of the genus Vulpes, smaller than wolves, having a pointed, slightly upturned muzzle, erect ears, and a long, bushy tail.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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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