OED Entry for "Fox-Hole"

[Shapiro, Fred]

It seems that the OED definition should also refer to the old literal usage of "fox-hole."

Fred Shapiro



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Subject: OED Entry for "Fox-Hole"

The OED has an entry for "fox-hole" in its well-known 20th-century military usage, but has no citations for the literal usage referring to a hole where a fox lives.  The OED does allude to early usage in its etymological note.

Fred Shapiro

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