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Garment worn as penance (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hair shirt

(Other definitions for hair shirt that I've seen before include "Penitential hirsute garment for upper part of man's body" , "A penitential garment of hirsute beginnings" , "Penitent's garb" , "Coarse hirsute garment worn over skin as a penance" , "article for an ascetic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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