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Foxed

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A book stained with reddish-brown marks is said to be foxed. Of course, the stain is so called because it is of the colour of a fox.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Fourth of July (The)
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Fox (To)
Fox-fire
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Fox’s Sleep (A)
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Foxglove
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Fracassus
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