Sackcloth
['sækklɒθ] or ['sækklɔθ]
Definition
(noun.) a coarse cloth resembling sacking.
(noun.) a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of remorse.
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Definition
(n.) Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence.
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Examples
- He attended on us, as I may say, in sackcloth and ashes. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He has repented it in sackcloth and ashes, Robert Moore, as you may well believe when you see his punishment (here she pointed to her children). Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Palestine sits in sackcloth and ashes. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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