dyed-in-the-wool

Example Sentences

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She, too, is a dyed in the wool fan of "The Last Unicorn" and references it in her lectures.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2022

The press also characterised the band’s audience as dyed in the wool hippies “replete with grubby Afghan jackets”, said Melody Maker – but they couldn’t have been more wrong.

From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2020

Living up close and personal with a dyed in the wool procrastinator for 40 years has been the equivalent of a graduate program in behavioral psych.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2016

Thus, a character "dyed in the wool" is one that has received some early, permanent, and pervading influence; a character stained with crime or guilt is debased and perverted.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin

I was a countryman dyed in the wool, yea, more than that, born and bred in the bone, and my character is fundamentally reverent and religious.

From My Boyhood by Burroughs, John