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hairs breadth

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hairs⋅breadth

[hairz-bredth, -bretth, -breth]
–noun
1. a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
–adjective
2. extremely narrow or close.
Also, hair's-breadth, hairbreadth.


Origin:
1575–85
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