hair shirt

See also: hairshirt

English

Noun

hair shirt (plural hair shirts)

1. Alternative form of hairshirt
   • 2015 April 15, Jonathan Martin, “For a Clinton, It’s Not Hard to Be Humble in an Effort to Regain Power”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     But what their admirers call grit and critics deem shamelessness can overshadow another essential element of the Clinton school: a willingness to put on the hair shirt of humility to regain power.