bred-in-the-bone
adjEtymology
From the past participle of breed in the bone.
Definitions
Firmly established or instilled
Firmly established or instilled; deep-seated.
- They had the kind of bred-in-the-bone manners that were unobtrusively the same for one and all.
- But few could match the bred-in-the-bone exceptionalism rooted deep in America's self-image.
Inveterate or habitual
Inveterate or habitual; long-standing.
- Antrim, bred-in-the-bone Republican conservative, has a proud patriotic tradition.
- The point of this political genealogy is not only that Lawrence Cannon was a bred-in-the-bone Liberal, […]
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA