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English noun: hair's-breadth

1. hair's-breadth (quantity) a very small distance or space


SamplesThey escaped by a hair's-breadth.
They lost the election by a whisker.


Synonymshair, hairsbreadth, whisker


Broader (hypernym)small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity









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