Foxites (2 syl.)
. The Quakers. So called from George Fox, who organised the sect (1624–1690).
“His muzzle, formed of opposition stuff,
Firm as a Foxite, would not lose its ruff.”
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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.