Australian and New Zealand informal for a fox terrier — the energetic, scrappy little dog breed that was once enormously popular as a working and companion dog across the Anglophone world. The '-ie' diminutive is characteristic of both Australian and New Zealand English, which tends to affectionately shorten everything from breakfast to flip-flops. A foxie is typically described as feisty, clever, and relentlessly active — a dog with a lot of personality in a small body. The term is warm and familiar rather than technical.
Their foxie never stopped — from sunrise to sunset that little dog was on the go.
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(AU, NZ) A fox terrier.
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