Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a snout like a fox's: an epithet applied to the lemurs called
fox-nosed monkeys.
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Examples
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Leather, steel, and dust, clad them from head to foot; big and black as bears; wolf-eyed, fox-nosed.
Complete Short Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Leather, steel, and dust, clad them from head to foot; big and black as bears; wolf-eyed, fox-nosed.
Farina George Meredith 1868
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Leather, steel, and dust, clad them from head to foot; big and black as bears; wolf-eyed, fox-nosed.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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