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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Fox’s Sleep (A).
 
A sleep with one eye on the qui vive. Assumed indifference to what is going on. (See above.)   1
 


 Fox-tail.Foxed. 

 
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