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Synonyms for foxhound
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : foks-hound |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɒksˌhaʊnd |
Définition of foxhound
Origin :- 1763, from fox (n.) + hound (n.).
- As in hunter : noun a dog or horse bred for hunting
- Finally, they secured the help of a trapper who owned a big English foxhound.
- Extract from : « Forest Neighbors » by William Davenport Hulbert
- The sound was such as is the yelp of a foxhound drawing a cover.
- Extract from : « The Watchers of the Plains » by Ridgewell Cullum
- A foxhound scents the trail of his game and tracks it straight to a killing.
- Extract from : « If You Don't Write Fiction » by Charles Phelps Cushing
- Every stitch of canvas she could carry was set on board the Foxhound.
- Extract from : « From Powder Monkey to Admiral » by W.H.G. Kingston
- The Foxhound and her prizes were slowly making their way to England.
- Extract from : « From Powder Monkey to Admiral » by W.H.G. Kingston
- The day wore on, and still the French ship kept ahead of the Foxhound.
- Extract from : « From Powder Monkey to Admiral » by W.H.G. Kingston
- The dog, he said, was not a full-bred bloodhound, his grandfather was a foxhound.
- Extract from : « Frank of Freedom Hill » by Samuel A. Derieux
- (2 drachms); for a dog of the size and strength of a foxhound, 204 mgrms.
- Extract from : « Poisons: Their Effects and Detection » by Alexander Wynter Blyth
- The foxhound is a cross of the bloodhound, the grayhound, the bulldog and the chump.
- Extract from : « Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) » by Bill Nye
- The American foxhound should be smaller and lighter in muscle and bone, than the English foxhound.
- Extract from : « Hunting Dogs » by Oliver Hartley
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