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adjective (pos=dyed-in-the-wool, more)
  1. (context, of textiles) Dyed before being formed into cloth.
  2. (context, idiom, figurative) Firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits; deeply ingrained in the nature of a person or thing.
Smith was a typist and never really got used to writing on computers.
John Major was described by his opponents as a Conservative.
Translations: 
  • French: teint en laine
  • German: waschecht
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom)
Etymology: From the past participle of dye in the wool

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