See dyed-in-the-wool in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits",
"word": "fanático"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "roxo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "de carteirinha"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zakorenélyj",
"sense": "firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits",
"word": "закорене́лый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "beskompromíssnyj",
"sense": "firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits",
"word": "бескомпроми́ссный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits",
"word": "inveterado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits",
"word": "acérrimo"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kâo-grà-dùuk-dam",
"sense": "firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits",
"word": "เข้ากระดูกดำ"
}
],
"word": "dyed-in-the-wool"
}
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