English

Noun

foxship ‎(uncountable)

1. The character or qualities of a fox; foxiness; craftiness; cunning.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

   • 2011, William Cunningham Bissell, Urban design, chaos, and colonial power in Zanzibar

     "[...] 'Are we not Wasawahili?' men who obtain their ends by foxship?"

2. (Used as a mock title) The fox.
   • 1880, The Californian

     The dingo, however, does not possess the cunning of his foxship; and, unlike the latter, he "gives himself away" by heralding his coming by a peculiar howl, the authorship of which it is impossible to mistake.

   • 1904, Field and Stream

     I caught a fleeting far-away glimpse of the quarry as he loped across an open field just before re-entering the big swamp-I thought a few things that were anything but complimentary to his foxship, and throwing myself on the ground, […]