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131cottonwool — /kɒtnˈwʊl / (say kotn wool) noun 1. raw cotton for surgical dressings and toilet purposes which has had its natural wax chemically removed. 2. cotton in its raw state, as on the boll or gathered for use. 3. Colloquial a protected and comfortable… …
132dyed in the wool — unchanging in a particular belief or opinion; inveterate she s a dyed in the wool conservative Origin: with allusion to the fact that yarn was dyed in the raw state, producing a more even and permanent color * * * ˌdyed in the ˈwool [dyed in the… …
