foxen

English

Etymology

From fox + -en (plural ending).

Noun

foxen

  1. (rare, nonstandard, dialectal) plural of fox
    • 1865, Practical Lessons on Hunting and Sporting, page 45:
      “Oh! is hur wull—I know hur run dro' the hedge, and I'll put summit ther to stop the traffic; foxen be but warmints a'ter all's said and done, and I'll hae the ould chap's brush afore to-morrow night.”
    • 1885, Thomas Mozley, Reminiscences, Chiefly of Towns, Villages and Schools:
      Do they still read in the Bible before them, 'The foxen have holes, and the birds of the air have nestis,' as they then did?
    • 1935, Punch, volume 189, page 454:
      What a jolly run for our money!
      How I don't like foxen!
      Over we go, boys!
      Joiks!
    • 2012, Jenny Lawson, Let's Pretend This Never Happened:
      Victor and I are having a huge argument about whether or not to feed the foxen. Victor says yes, because they're adorable and— according to the neighbors—are quite tame. I say no, because we have a fat little pug who likes to frolic outside occasionally and I don't want to see him eaten. I thought we were on the same page about the fox, but then Victor went and threw an apple at it. And I was all, “What the fuck? We don't feed the foxen,” and he said, “I was throwing the apple at it to chase it away,” but Victor is a tremendous liar, and he didn't go to pick up the apple, probably because he knows that foxen love apple cider.
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