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1. Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
    
2. A shifty deceptive person
   - dodger, slyboots
    
3. The grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox

1. Deceive somebody
   - flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, pull a fast one on, play a trick on, sucker [N. Amer]
    
2. Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
   - confuse, throw, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
    
3. Become discoloured with, or as if with, mildew spots

1. English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806)
   - Charles James Fox
    
2. The Algonquian language of the Fox
    
3. A member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River
    
4. English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)
   - George Fox

Derived forms: foxing, foxes, foxed

See also: foxy, vulpecular

Type of: Algonquian, Algonquian language, Algonquin, be, beguiler, canid, canine, cheat, cheater, cozen, deceive, deceiver, delude, fur, lead on, national leader, pelt, religious person, slicker, solon, spot, statesman, trickster

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