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Meaning: (idiomatic,of a habit, trait, belief, etc.)Firmlyestablishedorinstilled;deep-seated.1998, Judith Krantz,The Jewels of Tessa Kent, Bantam, published1999,→ISBN,page129:They had the kind ofbred-in-the-bonemanners that were unobtrusively the same for one and all.2008, Erna Paris,The Sun Climbs Slow: The International Criminal Court and the Struggle for Justice, Seven Stories Press, published2009,→ISBN,page47:But few could match thebred-in-the-boneexceptionalism rooted deep in America's self-image.2010, G. J. Meyer,The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty, Bantam Books, published2011,→ISBN,page522:Her navy had barely broken off its pursuit of the fleeing Spaniards, in fact, when Elizabeth exposed herbred-in-the-boneselfishness, her cold indifference to the well-being of the subjects whose supposed love for her she and the royal propagandists endlessly celebrated as one of the wonders of the age.; (idiomatic,of a person)Inveterateorhabitual;long-standing.1982March 17, Mary McGrory, “Arms Issue Joined At Grass Roots”, inToledo Blade:Antrim,bred-in-the-boneRepublican conservative, has a proud patriotic tradition.2001February 24, Peter Steinfels, “Beliefs; A 19th-century theologian whose questions remain pertinent to the Roman Catholic Church”, inThe New York Times:Critics see an unreasonable craving for authority in Newman's anti-liberalism. He was also abred-in-the-boneTory, and as the youthful leader of the Oxford Movement that sought a bulwark against Parliamentary manipulation of Anglicanism in its ancient Catholic roots, he could be savagely polemical.2005, William Johnson,Stephen Harper and the Future of Canada, McClelland & Stewart, published2006,→ISBN,page433:The point of this political genealogy is not only that Lawrence Cannon was abred-in-the-boneLiberal,[…]
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