foxy

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She declared the event "foxy," and called it a day.

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  1. adjective Of or resembling a fox.
  2. adjective Slyly clever; crafty: a foxy scheme.
  3. adjective Having a reddish-brown color.

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  • She declared the event "foxy," and called it a day. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Up one fight of stairs was a private detective bureau, while on the next flight was a theatrical agency, presided over by a Mr. Quiller--foxy Quiller, his clients nicknamed him, where actors and actresses out of employment, might or might not, hear of things to their advantage There was no elevator and the stairs were dark and fatiguing to climb. —  The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life
  • Ripens about four to five days before the Hartford Prolific, but is much inferior to that variety in quality NORTHERN MUSCADINE Very productive and healthy, but too foxy, and liable to drop from the bunch when ripe Bunch medium, compact, sometimes shouldered; berry round, brown, sweet, very foxy--pulpy. —  The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines
  • Dad's foxy, all right Well, you ought to have known, Steve," said Tom severely Sure," agreed Steve untroubledly. —  Left End Edwards
  • They're going to be mighty cute and foxy, and while a Yaqui isn't in it with our old time American Indians in the matter of covering a trail, still we aren't going to have any walkover. —  The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians or, Trailing the Yaquis
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. from fox + -y.
  2. from fox+ -y; or a particular use of foxy, with reference to fox.
 

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/ˈfɑksi/
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