wool-dyed

adjective

Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from piece-dyed.

Meanings

adjectivewool-dyed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableDyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from piece-dyed.
  2. figurativelynot comparableDyed-in-the-wool; set in one's ways; steadfast.

    a wool-dyed Baptist

    1868, Henry Mills Alden, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
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APA

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Chicago

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