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hidebound definition

hide·bound (hīd′bo̵und′)

adjective

  1. having the hide tight over the bone and muscle structure of the body, as an emaciated cow
  2. obstinately conservative and narrow-minded

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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