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HAIR SHIRT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hair shirt mean?
• HAIR SHIRT (noun)
The noun HAIR SHIRT has 1 sense:
1. an uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair; worn next to the skin as a penance
Familiarity information: HAIR SHIRT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair; worn next to the skin as a penance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hair shirt" is a kind of...):
shirt (a garment worn on the upper half of the body)
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