Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To dye twice over.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To dye again or twice over.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb dye twice
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Examples
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My impression is, that if even a shadow of a suspicion flitted across him, he is a sort of man to double-dye himself in guilt by way of vengeance in anticipation of an imagined offence.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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My impression is, that if even a shadow of a suspicion flitted across him, he is a sort of man to double-dye himself in guilt by way of vengeance in anticipation of an imagined offence.
The Egoist George Meredith 1868
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