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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.
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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.
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HAIRBREADTH Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
noun ... Discover More ... Word History and Origins ... Origin of hairbreadth.
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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...
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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 ...
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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.
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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Hair's-breadth - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
a very small distance or space.
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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.
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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.
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