double-dyed
Britishadjective
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confirmed; inveterate
a double-dyed villain
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dyed twice
Example Sentences
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“They have more soul,” Berkofsky said of his patterned carbon-steel knives, which feature elegant handles he has sculpted in rare wood such as charred Osage orange, black ash burl and live edge double-dyed maple.
From Los Angeles Times
"You double-dyed villain!" he cried, riding al. me again.
From Project Gutenberg
That he should prove to be so double-dyed a traitor, so despicable and dastardly a schemer, filled her soul with horror.
From Project Gutenberg
Then Forbes straightened up and flushed and called himself a double-dyed cad.
From Project Gutenberg
We got all details of movements from that double-dyed traitor, de Clermont; but he played the right hand for Navarre, and the left for us.
From Project Gutenberg
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