Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The tail of a fox.
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Examples
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Henry was there magnificent in a curious suit of burnished armor; in place of his helmet-plume he wore a fox-brush ornamented with jewels, which unusual ornament afforded great matter of remark among the busy bodies of both armies.
Chivalry James Branch Cabell 1918
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The man stood for a moment twiddling the fox-brush.
Chivalry James Branch Cabell 1918
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Malise now came into the room, and, without speaking, laid a fox-brush before the Princess.
Chivalry James Branch Cabell 1918
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Malise came hastily into the room, and, without speaking, laid a fox-brush before the Princess.
Chivalry James Branch Cabell 1918
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Butcher rode alone, and before him went a page carrying a fox-brush on the point of his lance.
Chivalry James Branch Cabell 1918
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The man stood for a moment twiddling the fox-brush.
Chivalry James Branch Cabell 1918
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Henry was there magnificent in a curious suit of burnished armor; in place of his helmet-plume he wore a fox-brush ornamented with jewels, which unusual ornament afforded great matter of remark among the busybodies of both armies.
Chivalry James Branch Cabell 1918
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Sunday the Englishman entered Rouen in great splendor, attended by his chief nobles; but the Butcher rode alone, and before him went a page carrying a fox-brush on the point of his lance.
Chivalry James Branch Cabell 1918
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In his helmet in place of a plume he wore a fox-brush spangled with jewels.
Chivalry James Branch Cabell 1918
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They then entered the little room on the right, whose walls were decorated with various sporting prints chiefly illustrative of steeple-chases, with here and there a stunted fox-brush, tossing about as a duster.
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Robert Smith Surtees 1833
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