"foxie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foxies [plural]
Etymology: From fox + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fox|ie}} fox + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} foxie (plural foxies)
  1. (childish) Diminutive of fox. Tags: childish, diminutive, form-of Form of: fox Translations (diminutive of "fox"): vosje (Dutch), vulpĉjo (Esperanto)
    Sense id: en-foxie-en-noun-ljn~kHi~ Disambiguation of 'diminutive of "fox"': 96 4
  2. (Australia, New Zealand) A fox terrier. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand Categories (lifeform): Foxes, Terriers Translations (fox terrier): vulpa terhundo (Esperanto), foksi (Finnish), kettis (Finnish), kettuterrieri (Finnish), fox-terrier [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-foxie-en-noun-Ed9DGYkh Disambiguation of Foxes: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terriers: 7 93 Categories (other): Australian English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 4 96 Disambiguation of 'fox terrier': 3 97

Inflected forms

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