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Definition of Fox hole
1. Noun. A small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire.
Definition of Fox hole
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of foxhole) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fox Hole
Literary usage of Fox hole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Household Stories, from the Collection of the Bros: Grimm by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm (1883)
"She felt so ashamed of her bald head that she ran into a fox's hole and hid herself.
... "In the fox's hole there sits a grisly beast with fiery eyes, ..."
2. The Canadian Record of Science by Natural History Society of Montreal (1903)
"I then led my hound home and kept him tied up for a few days, In case that he
would return to the fox hole and get caught in the traps. ..."
3. The 32nd Division in the World War, 1917-1919 by Wisconsin War History Commission, Michigan War History Commission (1920)
"fox hole' An individual shelter, generally a hole in the ground in the side of
a hill, ... Funk Hole Same as a fox hole. Ferme The French word for Farm. ..."
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