Dyed-in-the-wool definition
Thoroughgoing or unchanging.
adjective
Thoroughgoing; out-and-out.
A dyed-in-the-wool populist.
adjective
Dyed before being woven into cloth.
adjective
Dyed before being woven.
adjective
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(idiomatic, figuratively) Firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits; deeply ingrained in the nature of a person or thing.
Smith was a dyed-in-the-wool typist and never really got used to writing on computers.
John Major was described by his opponents as a dyed-in-the-wool Conservative.
adjective
Simple past tense and past participle of dye in the wool.
verb
Origin of dyed-in-the-wool
- From the past participle of dye in the wool
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