against the hair in English

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          "ref": "1644, David Hume, The History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus, Edinburgh, Part II, p. 248",
          "text": "But his Army loved him not; all went unwillingly with him, and against the hair.",
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        "In a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain."
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        "(obsolete) In a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain."
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  "word": "against the hair"
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        "(obsolete) In a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain."
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"against the hair" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase