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DYED-IN-THE-WOOL

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dyed-in-the-wool

[dahyd-n-thuh-wool]
–adjective
1. through and through; complete: a dyed-in-the-wool reformer.
2. dyed before weaving.

Origin:
1570–80
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dyed-in-the-wool   (dīd'ĭn-thə-wŏŏl')
adj.  
  1. Thoroughgoing; out-and-out: a dyed-in-the-wool populist.

  2. Dyed before being woven into cloth.

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dyed-in-the-wool

Thoroughgoing or complete: “The door-to-door salespeople are wasting their time with Evans; he's a dyed-in-the-wool advocate of shopping on the Internet.”

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