Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Twice dyed.
- Hence Deeply imbued, as with guilt; thorough; complete: as, a double-dyed villain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Dyed twice; thoroughly or intenselycoloured . - adjective figuratively Firmly fixed in
opinions orhabits .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
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Examples
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About a month ago, around my birthday, I used my "birthday discount" join the "Insider's Club" and you, too, will save like me! at Loehmanns and one of my purchases was a Romeo & Juliet Couture double-dyed or tie-died "wifebeater".
Fashion 2009
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George King was a double-dyed traitor, and a most infernal villain.
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In what part of Hellas, tell me, sir, do Hellenes keep a truce with traitors, double-dyed deserters, and tyrants?
Hellenica 2007
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George King was a double-dyed traitor, and a most infernal villain.
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But my fingers itched to get at the Portugoose — that double-dyed traitor to his race.
Prester John 2005
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The dead may not be able to harass you with writs, but are you entitled to portray them as double-dyed villains, despite the fact that they can't hire a lawyer?
Recycling characters from the past Michael Allen 2005
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“Then, sir,” said the baronet, giving me back my letter, “you must be a double-dyed villain.”
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She had a great idea that people who had extensive grounds themselves cared very little for the extensive grounds of any body else; but it was not worth while to attack an error so double-dyed, and therefore only said in reply,
Emma Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 2001
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"I can see me convincing Sir Henry Hardinge of that!" says I. "Of all the double-dyed Yankee fakers -"
Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990
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But like the double-dyed mutt I must be, I couldn't find anything.
Hercule Poirot's Casebook Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1984
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