Word: sackclothed
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...accustomed motions the boy was taking off his clothes. He tossed the last garment onto the pile at their feet. "Up to this time," he said, "I have called Pietro Bernardone father; now I will serve only my Father in Heaven." He went out, clad in a bit of sackcloth, through the door. It was winter. Frost blackened the orange trees. They say that he was singing...
...Lahore, India, the coffin of the Maharaja, covered layer upon layer with pure gold, in which he reposed clad in a full state uniform encrusted with jewels, was followed to the cemetery by Sir Hari, barefooted, bareheaded, clad in sackcloth, wearing no jewels. It was publicly cremated while the nobles threw gold continuously into the flames. In penance for his indiscretions, Sir Hari submitted to the worst Indian indignity-the shaving off of his mustache...
...Sackcloth and Scarlet. The story of the product of the open spaces lured East and left with the acute fish-out-of-water feeling in the midst of what is called Society is not new. To strengthen it, the product and the girl who lured him are visited by the stork. The girl has a suspicious cough and a virtuous sister. The Westerner becomes a sturdy Congressman. You can figure out what happens for yourself. If you can't, don't bother to attend. The mystery isn't worth...
...secretary did contemplate restraining them, and they are sometimes worn that way in the merchant service, but they are not turned up at the bottoms. Now these offending bags are turnd up and there by rendered sloppier. Thus the analogy falls, the argument crumbles and wide pants walk in sackcloth and ashes. --Boston Transcript