fox terrier – English noun declension

English noun forms of fox terrier

Noun: fox terrier
Singularfox terrier
Pluralfox terriers

Sample Sentences

  • One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier. [1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, pages 46–47:]
  • After our fox-terrier had killed several of the Stationmaster's chickens and a peace offering had been made by my father in the form of cigars, I found that the way had been made clear for me to visit the junction box, and what a thrill it was. [1948 March and April, 'Aella', “First Steps in a Railway Career”, in Railway Magazine, page 91:]

Etymology

Verbs referencing "fox terrier"

Russian Nouns фокстерьер, Finnish Nouns kettuterrieri, Finnish Nouns foksterrieri, Swedish Nouns foxterrier, Czech Nouns foxteriér.