What does hair shirted mean?
Hair shirted means Wearing a hairshirt..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Wearing a hairshirt..
The Gospels, contrasting Jesus with the hairshirted John the Baptist, and placing him with revelers and at dinner tables, […]
Even a hairshirted Calvinist derived pleasure from his righteous self-deprivation: Sacrifice can be its own reward and source of perverse joy.
Distinguished scientists are beginning to confront the notion that to save the planet, an age of hair-shirted austerity is now necessary.
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Hair shirted means Wearing a hairshirt..
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The Gospels, contrasting Jesus with the hairshirted John the Baptist, and placing him with revelers and at dinner tables, […]
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