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double-dyed
adj 2
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1DOUBLE-DYED + NOUN
villain
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adj
1
Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely coloured.
2
Firmly fixed in opinions or habits; confirmed; inveterate.
a double-dyed villain
"People who have extensive grounds themselves are always pleased with any thing in the same style" Emma doubted the truth of this sentiment. She had a great idea that people who had extensive grounds themselves cared very little for the extensive grounds of any body else; but it was not worth while to attack an error so double-dyed […]
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a double-dyed villain
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"People who have extensive grounds themselves are always pleased with any thing in the same style" Emma doubted the truth of this sentiment. She had a great idea that people who had extensive grounds
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