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Foxiness   Listen
noun
Foxiness  n.  
1.
The state or quality of being foxy, or foxlike; craftiness; shrewdness.
2.
The state of being foxed or discolored, as books; decay; deterioration.
3.
A coarse and sour taste in grapes.





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"Foxiness" Quotes from Famous Books



... nothing in it. Fighting the devil with fire is all foolishness, because that's the one weapon with which he's more expert than any one else. I usually find that it's pretty good policy to oppose suspicion with candor, foxiness with openness, indifference with earnestness. When you deal squarely with a crooked man you scare him to death, because he thinks you're springing some new and extra-deep ...
— Old Gorgon Graham - More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son • George Horace Lorimer


Words linked to "Foxiness" :   astuteness, cunning, slyness, craft, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, craftiness


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