Meaning of hair shirt in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Noun

    hair shirt

    Definitions

    1. an uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair

    Examples

    • « worn next to the skin as a penance »

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  • « I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly. »
    Gustave Flaubert

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