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hair shirt

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
hair shirt /ˈhe(ə)r ˌSHərt, ˈhɛ(ə)r ˌʃərt /
▸ noun a shirt of haircloth, formerly worn by penitents and ascetics.
▸ adjective (hair-shirt or hair-shirted) austere and self-sacrificing:
a hair-shirted existence advocated by ecofundamentalists.