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[
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,
-kloth
]
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sack·cloth
/
ˈsækˌklɔθ
,
-ˌklɒθ
/
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[
sak
-klawth
,
-kloth
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
sacking.
2.
coarse
cloth
worn as a sign of mourning or penitence.
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Idiom
3.
in sackcloth and ashes,
in a state of repentance or sorrow; contrite:
She would be in sackcloth and ashes for days over every trifling
error
she made.
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Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English;
see
sack
1
,
cloth
Related forms
sack·clothed,
adjective
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Word Origin & History
sackcloth
penitential garb, c.1300, from
sack
(n.1) + cloth. In the Biblical sense it was of goats' or camels' hair, the coarsest possible clothing.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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