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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 penanceplay

  Familiarity information: HAIR SHIRT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HAIR SHIRT (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)


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