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double-dyed

adjective

  1. confirmed; inveterate

    a double-dyed villain

  2. dyed twice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Auberville says that the purple of the Romans was a deep violet (double dyed, purpuræ dibaphæ), and that this colour was Asiatic.

Then Forbes straightened up and flushed and called himself a double-dyed cad.

He is a double-dyed traitor, and will meet with the fate he deserves.

He gave Robert a confidential letter to take to the doctor in attendance on the double-dyed villain at the Red Lion.

If she knew how unworthy I am of such adoration—for I am a double-dyed villain: I can't see a pretty face without ogling it.

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