Meaning Of The Word Hair shirt

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hair shirt
countable noun: A hair shirt is a shirt made of rough uncomfortable cloth which some religious people used to wear to punish themselves.

hair shirt in American English
a shirt of haircloth, worn over the skin as a penance
noun: a garment of coarse haircloth, worn next to the skin as a penance by ascetics and penitents

hair shirt in British English
noun: a shirt made of haircloth worn next to the skin as a penance

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