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Definition of Hairsbreadth
1. Noun. A very small distance or space. "They lost the election by a whisker"
Generic synonyms: Small Indefinite Amount, Small Indefinite Quantity
Definition of Hairsbreadth
1. Noun. a very short distance or a very small amount (as is the width of a hair) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hairsbreadth
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hairsbreadth
Literary usage of Hairsbreadth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1889)
"If I miss by a hairsbreadth I will let you lunge at me without guarding. ...
We instinctively aim the forefinger at the object to a hairsbreadth of ..."
2. Robert J. Burdette: His Message by Robert Jones Burdette, Clara Bradley Burdette (1922)
"But hairsbreadth by hairsbreadth, inch by inch, he was forced back to Appomattox.
On the 9th of April, 1865, John Brown was dead; the slaves were free; ..."
3. Routledge's Every Boy's Annual by Edmund Routledge (1867)
"hairsbreadth by hairsbreadth almost, I worked on until I could see the first
trout worth trying for. Of course I could see him, owing to the direction of ..."
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