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dyed-in-the-wool

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Thoroughgoing; out-and-out.
  • adjective Dyed before being woven into cloth.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective thoroughly imbued; thoroughgoing; uncompromising; complete; unmitigated; through-and-through.
  • adjective dyed before being spun or woven into cloth.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Dyed before being formed into cloth.
  • adjective idiomatic, figuratively Firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits; deeply ingrained in the nature of a person or thing.

Etymologies

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From the past participle of dye in the wool

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