What is a sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.] We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. Beattie called?
fox — A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.] We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. Beattie. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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