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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

foxhole n. a hole in the ground used by troops as a shelter against enemy fire or as a firing point.Also called fighting hole, hasty pit, slit trench (especially in World War II), titty-deep, and Individual Fighting Position.

This term originated in the trench warfare of World War I; before 1917 such a pit would have been called a skirmisher's trench.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

fox·hole / ˈfäksˌhōl/ • n. a hole in the ground used by troops as a shelter against enemy fire or as a firing point. ∎ a place of refuge or concealment.

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foxhole

The Oxford Companion to World War II | 2001 | | Copyright

foxhole. Unlike a slit trench, this was dug by infantrymen to hold only one or two men.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

foxhole •barcarole, bole, bowl, cajole, coal, Cole, condole, console, control, dhole, dole, droll, enrol (US enroll), extol, foal, goal, hole, Joel, knoll, kohl, mol, mole, Nicole, parol, parole, patrol, pole, poll, prole, rôle, roll, scroll, Seoul, shoal, skoal, sole, soul, stole, stroll, thole, Tirol, toad-in-the-hole, toll, troll, vole, whole •Creole •carriole, dariole •cabriole • capriole •aureole, gloriole, oriole •wassail-bowl • fishbowl • dustbowl •punchbowl • rocambole • farandole •girandole • manhole • rathole •armhole • arsehole • hellhole •keyhole, kneehole •peephole •sinkhole • pinhole • cubbyhole •hidey-hole • pigeonhole •eyehole, spyhole •foxhole •knothole, pothole •borehole, Warhol •porthole • soundhole • blowhole •stokehole • bolthole • loophole •lughole, plughole •chuckhole • buttonhole • bunghole •earhole • waterhole • wormhole •charcoal • caracole • Seminole •pinole

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