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HAIR SHIRT
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
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)