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HAIRBREADTH Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
a very small distance or margin; hairbreadth 2 of 2 adjective : very narrow : close; a hairbreadth escape. www.merriam-webster.com
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HAIR'S BREADTH Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
noun : a very small distance or amount : very close He came within a hair's breadth of winning the race. often used before another noun a hairbreadth escape. www.merriam-webster.com
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HAIRBREADTH Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
noun ... Discover More ... Word History and Origins ... Origin of hairbreadth. www.dictionary.com
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hairbreadth
hairbreadth (ˈhɛəbrɛdθ) 1. The breadth or diameter of a hair; an infinitesimally small space or distance; a hair's-breadth.[c 1420: see hair n. 5.] 1561 T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iii. 259 Let vs not suffer our selues to be led so much as on heare bredth away from this onely foundation. 1611 Bible Jud... Oxford English Dictionary
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Hair's breadth - Wikipedia
A hair's breadth, or the width of human hair, is used as an informal unit of a very short length. It connotes "a very small margin" or the narrowest degree ... en.wikipedia.org
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hair's breadth - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
hair's breadth (plural hairs' breadths). (idiomatic) A very small amount or distance. hair's-breadth escapes [narrow escapes]: We won by a hair's breadth. en.wiktionary.org
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hair's breadth
hair's-breadth, hair's breadth (ˈhɛəzbrɛdθ) The breadth of a hair; = hairbreadth.1584 R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. v. v. (1886) 80 Limits..beyond the which they cannot passe one haires breadth. 1638 Baker tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. III.) 31 There is not a haires breadth of difference betweene them. 1755 S... Oxford English Dictionary
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HAIRBREADTH definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
Definition of 'hairbrush cactus'. hairbrush cactus in American English. noun. a stout, spiny cactus, Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum, of Mexico, having white ... www.collinsdictionary.com
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A HAIR'S BREADTH definition | Cambridge English Dictionary
a very small distance or amount: within a hair's breadth of His finger was within a hair's breadth of touching the alarm. She came within a hair's breadth of ... dictionary.cambridge.org
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hairbreadth, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun hairbreadth. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status. OED is ... www.oed.com
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HAIRSBREADTH Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
noun a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth. adjective Discover More www.dictionary.com
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Hair's-breadth - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
a very small distance or space. www.vocabulary.com
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C. W. Kahles
Hairbreadth Harry His best-known creation was the comic strip Our Hero's Hairbreadth Escapes, later retitled Hairbreadth Harry, the Boy Hero and eventually just Hairbreadth Harry. wikipedia.org
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HAIR Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
Synonyms for HAIR: inch, neck, step, hairline, hairsbreadth, ace, hairbreadth, bit; Antonyms of HAIR: mile, long haul, infinity, country mile, light-year
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Desperate Desmond
Kahles's earlier strip "Hairbreadth Harry", while Maurice Horn felt that it "showed greater ingenuity and wit" than Kahles's work. wikipedia.org
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