a hair shirt

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a hair shirt

if someone wears a hair shirt, they choose to make their life unpleasant by not having or experiencing anything that gives them pleasure I don't think you have to put on a hair shirt in order to be a socialist.

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DRESSED as I am in a hair shirt, it's most appropriate I start off with an apology. Sum only out by a fraction by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) The intention is not to urge Christians to get measured for a hair shirt but to rediscover how good and joyful a thing it is to dwell together in unity with everything else that lives. Church's light relief to save the world by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk I can't bring myself to wear a hair shirt - yes, they do exist). Why no newts is bad news; Mary Griffin by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)			A good husband makes a good wife a good many a good Samaritan A good time was had by all a good-for-nothing a goody-goody a Gordian knot a grab bag a grain of truth a grass widow a greasy spoon a great deal a grey area a grin like a Cheshire cat a grip on a grip on oneself A growing youth has a wolf in his belly a guiding light a guilt trip A guilty conscience needs no accuser a guinea pig a gut feeling a gut reaction a gut-bucket a hair out of place a hair shirt a hair's breadth a half-wit a halfway house a hand in a hand with a hand-me-down a handful a handle on a hang-up a hanger-on a happy accident a happy hunting ground a happy medium a hard nut a hard nut to crack a hard row to hoe a hard time a hard-on a has-been a hatchet job a hatchet man a head of steam a head start a heart of gold a heart of stone			a great many a great many A greegree man a grey area a grin like a Cheshire cat a grip on a grip on oneself A Group of Jewish Singles A Growable Network Information System A growing youth has a wolf in his belly a growth opportunity A Grubu Beta Hemolitik Streptokok A guide to the hacker language A guide to the hacker language a guiding light a guiding spirit a guilt trip A guilty conscience needs no accuser a guinea pig A gun A gun A gun A gun a gut feeling a gut reaction a gut-bucket A Guy Called Cyco A Guy Called Gerald a hair out of place a hair shirt a hair's breadth a half-wit a halfway house a hand in a hand with a hand-me-down A HANDD a handful a handle on a hang a hang a hang a hang-up a hanger-on a happy accident a happy hunting ground a happy medium a hard act to follow a hard act to follow a hard act to follow a hard act to follow a hard act to follow a hard act to follow A hard case A Hard Day's Night a hard nut a hard nut a hard nut a hard nut a hard nut

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