horsehair shirt

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horsehair shirt

noun horsehair shirts

Synonym of hairshirt. I always thought of it as the horsehair shirt of politics: necessary but uncomfortable.
Similar: hairshirt

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@misc{horsehair_shirt_2026,
  title = {horsehair shirt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/horsehair%20shirt},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}