"sly fox" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sly foxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sly fox (plural sly foxes)
  1. A sly or crafty person. Translations (person artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily): sournois (French), malin (French), rusé (French), matois (French), Schlaufuchs [masculine] (German), Schlitzohr [neuter] (German), vulpio [masculine] (Latin), cwaniak [masculine] (Polish), szogun [masculine] (Polish), baciar [masculine] (Polish), szczwany lis [masculine] (Polish)
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