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Noun: hair shirt
  1. An uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair; worn next to the skin as a penance
    "The ascetic monk wore a hair shirt as part of his spiritual practice"
Adjective: hair-shirt
  1. Self-sacrificing or austere
    "His hair-shirt approach to life meant he denied himself even small luxuries";
    - hair-shirted

Derived forms: hair shirts

Type of: shirt

Encyclopedia: Hair shirt

Hair-shirt