garment of ascetics and penitents, 1680s, from hair + shirt. Figurative use by 1884. Earlier, such a garment was called simply a hair (c. 1200); and compare haircloth.
hairdresser
hairless
hairline
hairpin
hair-raising
hair-shirt
hair-splitting
hair-spray
hairstyle
hair-trigger
hairy
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