hair shirt

/ˌhɛər ˈʃʌrt/
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Other forms: hair shirts

Definitions of hair shirt
  1. noun
    an uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair; worn next to the skin as a penance
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    type of:
    shirt
    a garment worn on the upper half of the body
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