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• The Wool-Pack — Infobox Book | name = The Wool Pack title orig = translator = image caption = author = Cynthia Harnett illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = subject = genre = Children s novel, historical novel… …   Wikipedia

• The Wool Cap — who wrote the original story.In this adaptation written by William H. Macy and Steven Schachter, Charlie Gigot is the mute and alcoholic superintendent of a dilapidated New York City apartment building. He becomes the unwilling parent figure for… …   Wikipedia

• pull the wool over someone's eyes — verb conceal one s true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well • Syn: ↑bamboozle, ↑snow, ↑hoodwink, ↑lead by the nose, ↑play… …   Useful english dictionary

• dyed-in-the-wool — adj entrenched, inveterate, deep rooted, diehard, established, long standing, settled, fixed, hard core, hardened, inflexible, unchangeable, uncompromising, unshak(e)able, through and through, thorough, confirmed, complete, card carrying ≠… …   Useful english dictionary

• dye in the wool — To dye (the wool) before spinning, to give a more permanent result (dyed in the wool adjective (figurative) (too) fixed in one s opinions or attitudes) • • • Main Entry: ↑dye dye in the wool 1. To dye (wool) before spinning 2. See also ↑dye1 • •… …   Useful english dictionary

• dyed 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… …   Useful english dictionary

• Died in the Wool —   …   Wikipedia

• dyed-in-the-wool — {adj. phr.} Thoroughly committed; inveterate; unchanging. * /He is a died in the wool Conservative Republican./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• dyed-in-the-wool — {adj. phr.} Thoroughly committed; inveterate; unchanging. * /He is a died in the wool Conservative Republican./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• against the wool — Against the texture of the wool, the wrong way • • • Main Entry: ↑wool …   Useful english dictionary

• dyed-in-the-wool — /ˌdaɪd ɪn ðə ˈwʊl/ (say .duyd in dhuh wool) adjective through and through; complete; inveterate: a dyed in the wool Liberal. {originally referring to the fact that wool dyed in its raw state, before being spun into thread or yarn, proved to be… …