"fox message" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fox messages [plural]
Etymology: In reference to the pangram "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", often used for this purpose. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fox message (plural fox messages)
  1. A message sent to test a teletype machine, incorporating most or all of the available text characters.
    Sense id: en-fox_message-en-noun-GVbUp8u2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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