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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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In her little bit of a kitchen she did her own cooking; she wore a hair shirt next the skin, and castigated herself with whips--these aids to grace are exhibited there yet. |
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