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  • noun Plural form of foxhound.

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Examples

  • "You never call foxhounds '_dogs_'!" said Christian, still with hauteur; "Larry, you _are_ an owl!"

    Mount Music Martin Ross 1888

  • Daniella Zalcman for The Wall Street Journal A horn to guide the hounds He slid open the door and out spilled a pack of foxhounds, like a fuzzy, barking liquid pouring onto the grass.

    More British Than Britain Joshua Robinson 2011

  • The group represents 174 packs of foxhounds that hunt in England, Wales and an additional 10 in Scotland, and maintains a strict list of rules and codes of conduct (which the site notes do not apply while the hunting ban is in force).

    Female Firsts, Fox Hunting, and Murder By Gyrocopter 2009

  • The group represents 174 packs of foxhounds that hunt in England, Wales and an additional 10 in Scotland, and maintains a strict list of rules and codes of conduct (which the site notes do not apply while the hunting ban is in force).

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2009

  • This ability was improved further when Fairfax imported a pack of foxhounds, and Washington developed a passion for foxhunting.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • He listens through the country silence for what he called "an eerie kind of music," the sound of foxhounds speaking to the huntsman.

    More British Than Britain Joshua Robinson 2011

  • In their home at Lael Farm near West Grove, Pa., the Jacksons have a lithograph of a 19th-century French nobleman's six foxhounds.

    Siblings carry Barbaro's legacy, capture imagination of fans 2009

  • This ability was improved further when Fairfax imported a pack of foxhounds, and Washington developed a passion for foxhunting.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • A large, central image depicts two English foxhounds and two vendeens: Margano, Sereno, Lentenor and Nicanor.

    Archive 2009-12-01 2009

  • This ability was improved further when Fairfax imported a pack of foxhounds, and Washington developed a passion for foxhunting.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

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