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Word: foxier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Because Aristide Briand is quite as foxy, perhaps foxier than famed Br'er Fox in the Uncle Remus tales (Author Joel Chandler Harris), TIME terms him "Br'er Briand." French readers may not know that "Br'er" is the negro dialect contraction of "Brother," that its playful application to a foxy statesman is not extinct in U. S. political usage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 27, 1931 | 7/27/1931 | See Source »

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