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sackcloth noun

  • (usually with “and ashes”, also, figurative) Garments worn as an act of penance.
 власяни́ца
  • A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
 дерю́га, мешкови́на
wear sackcloth and ashes
посыпа́ть го́лову пе́плом
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