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sackcloth and ashes Definition


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sackcloth
noun
    1. Coarse cloth used to make sacks; sacking.
    2. A garment made from this, formerly worn in mourning or as a penance.
Idiom: sackcloth and ashes
    A display of mourning, sorrow or remorse.
Etymology: 14c.



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