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Hair shirt

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  1. 1
    Alternative form of hairshirt. alt-of, alternative

    "But what their admirers call grit and critics deem shamelessness can overshadow another essential element of the Clinton school: a willingness to put on the hair shirt of humility to regain power."

  2. 2
    an uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair; worn next to the skin as a penance wordnet

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