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What does bred-in-the-bone mean?

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Adjective
  1. (idiomatic, of a habit, trait, belief, etc.) Firmly established or instilled; deep-seated.
  2. (idiomatic, of a person) Inveterate or habitual; long-standing.
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Indeed, Thomas B. Fenlon, a lawyer and author, said in his 1996 book that Pelham has always been known for its bred-in-the-bone neighborliness.
But one can never reckon with real, bred-in-the-bone old-maidism.
All winter, he campaigned more like a bred-in-the-bone conservative than a Massachusetts governor who championed a health care system that became the president's model.
Robert D. Krebs of the Fort Worth-based Burlington Northern is a bred-in-the-bone railroad man, with 34 years' experience running American trains.
Hers is a bred-in-the-bone racehorse beauty, and it is, as ever, marvelous to see.
They had the kind of bred-in-the-bone manners that were unobtrusively the same for one and all.

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