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Meanings of hair-shirted in anglès

espanyol
mortificante

Self-sacrificing or austere.

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mortificante
Usage of hair-shirted in anglès
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But alas, for the hair-shirted old dominie's backsliding disciples.
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
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All other visions were absent in the hair-shirted, and self-scourgings brought out nothing but sexual idealities, sensual temptations.
Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos / T...
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This was a hard-headed, pragmatic speech which will not have gone down well with the more idealistic and hair-shirted fringe of green opinion.
The Guardian
4
Say goodbye to Stephen Hester and hello to Ross McEwan, a hair-shirted Kiwi crusader who doesn't want a bonus this year or next.
The Guardian
5
Here's a hair-shirted Palmer hard by;
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10,...
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'That hair-shirted puke is back in town!'
Orb Sceptre Throne
Translations for hair-shirted
Hair-shirted through the time