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Garment worn for penance
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hairshirt
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Hairshirt (released to home video as Too Smooth ) is a 1998 romantic comedy film starring Dean Paras, Neve Campbell , Katie Wright , Rebecca Gayheart and Stefan Brogren .
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Advocating or adopting a relatively ascetic lifestyle, especially for environmentalist reasons. n. 1 A shirt made of haircloth; a cilice; especially one worn by ascetics or the penitent 2 (cx: figurative) A state of penitence and humility.
Usage examples of hairshirt.
Spindle, sweat dripping from his gleaming hairshirt, groaned and dropped his head, thumping against the thick wood.