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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DOUBLE-DYED

DOUBLE-DYED Dou "ble-dyed `, a.

 

Defn: Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

double-dyed

dou ble-dyed ▶adjective (of an item of clothing ) dyed twice in order to give a very deep color. • (of a person ) thoroughly imbued with a particular quality: a double-dyed liberal.

 

Oxford Dictionary

double-dyed

double-dyed ▶adjective (of clothing ) dyed twice in order to give a very deep colour. • (of a person ) thoroughly imbued with a particular quality: a double-dyed liberal.