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hair's-breadth

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Noun

a very small distance or space
- they escaped by a hair's-breadth
- they lost the election by a whisker

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Synonyms:
hairsbreadth hair whisker

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "hair's-breadth":
hair's-breadth hairsbreadth
Words contain "hair's-breadth" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
hair's-breadth hair whisker hairsbreadth breadth hair coloring largeness comb hairdressing hair-raiser more...

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