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hair shirt
noun
a garment of coarse haircloth, worn next to the skin as a penance by ascetics and penitents.
self-imposed punishment, suffering, sacrifice, or penance.
hair shirt
noun
a shirt made of haircloth worn next to the skin as a penance
a secret trouble or affliction
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hair shirt1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
And that gave birth to the worst Wolverine, which also gave birth to the idea that the suit is a hair shirt.
“You don’t have to be vegan or take cold showers or wear a hair shirt, but just consuming less things is really helpful for the environment,” she said.
This is a coming-of-age story in which the transition from adolescence to adulthood is akin to swapping one hair shirt for another.
It’s not long before she’s wearing a hair shirt and sleeping on the floor with rats.
“Christ suffered so much that wearing a hair shirt is surely not painful. In my case I already have calluses, 40 years old, you can imagine,” he told local station Exitosa.
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