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5 months ago chained_bear said:

"'My shirt is like a cilice with the salt. I should wear it dirty and reasonably soft, but that Killick takes it away ... and flings it into the sea-water tub...'"
--O'Brian, The Wine-Dark Sea, 81

8 months ago mollusque said:

Haircloth; a hairshirt or undergarment made of haircloth.

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