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foxhole

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7 lettersPart of speech nounSorted efhlooxStarts with FEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire

Word origin

From Middle English foxhol, from Old English foxhol, equivalent to fox + hole.

Used in a sentence

  • The statement made during the Second World War that “there are no atheists in foxholes” is absurd. Foxholes teem with atheists—who, to be sure, frequently infringe the Third Commandment in their desperation.
  • Trogh and Charlie have started foxholing one corner of our tent, and I helped them a little.
  • The line was not foxholed in. This is one weakness of the Nungs. They resent digging and so they do not carry entrenching tools into the field.

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