hair shirt in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for hair shirt in the English»French Dictionary

shirt [Brit ʃəːt, Am ʃərt] N

I.hair [Brit hɛː, Am hɛr] N

III.hair [Brit hɛː, Am hɛr]

keep your hair on inf! Brit

hair shirt in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for hair shirt in the English»French Dictionary

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Nevertheless, he still put on an extra-prickly hair shirt.
www.telegraph.co.uk
These may include fasting, the use of the discipline, the wearing of a hair shirt, etc.
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In his new office of archbishop, he continued his austerities, to the point of constantly wearing a hair shirt and never eating meat.
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It is the hat equivalent of a hair shirt, requiring constant vigilance.
fashion.telegraph.co.uk
Enjoy your hair shirt and over arching sense of superiority!
health.spectator.co.uk
In his rugged cabin, for the next 23 years, he practiced mortification and sacrifice -- often wearing a hair shirt, sleeping on the ground, and eating only one meal a day.
www.heraldmalaysia.com
Ethical fashion is losing the hair shirt and producing clothes with a conscience that don't sacrifice on design.
fashion.telegraph.co.uk
Hermit -- gloomy and you get to wear a hair shirt.
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A cold swim is like a hair shirt.
www.spectator.co.uk
Guests allegedly wore goat hair shirts and chanted the names of their sins.
thespinoff.co.nz

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