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deep-dyed

[ deep-dahyd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

deep-dyed

First recorded in 1810–20

Though he made it back to the top by dint of talent and hard work, he remained a deep-dyed cynic for the rest of his life.

A more deep-dyed treachery than that to which Marcus Octavius at length consented is, fortunately, but seldom met with in history.

Whoever the capo maestra that Rizzi worked for, he was not only a deep-dyed villain, but a brainy one.

Bill noticed the leer in his eyes, and concluded he was a deep-dyed rogue.

A man travelling about the bush without money is a deep-dyed criminal.

At this juncture, Lupo and Morello stuck their heads together and hatched a deep-dyed scheme for making counterfeit money.

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