foxing
material used to cover the upper portion of a shoe.
discoloration, as of book leaves or prints.
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How to use foxing in a sentence
To-night it wasn't that feeling that made it difficult for me to go on "foxing."
The Boys and I | Mrs. MolesworthFox; (verb) to pretend, to feign, to sham: 'he's not sick at all, he's only foxing.'
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. JoyceIt is curious that the expression "foxing" is not so suitable to this animal as to many others.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia | Frank Evers BeddardThey were still "foxing," or as my Samoan servant called it, le toga-fiti e mate (pretending to be dead).
The Call Of The South | Louis BeckeHis strong point was foxing clothes with canvas which he always carried for that purpose.
Thirty Years on the Frontier | Robert McReynolds
British Dictionary definitions for foxing
/ (ˈfɒksɪŋ) /
a piece of leather used to reinforce or trim part of the upper of a shoe
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