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hair shirt n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a shirt made of haircloth worn next to the skin as a penance 2. a secret trouble or affliction ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Penitents were required to crop their hair, wear hair shirts (goat hair, not their own), practice celibacy, and prostrate themselves before the bishop, who would literally walk over their backs on his way into the church for Mass. So we donned our hair shirts and, as the trees rustled mysteriously in the night air, feasted, richly, on our reward. |
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