Synonyms for hairbreadth
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hair-bredth, -bretth |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛərˌbrɛdθ, -ˌbrɛtθ |
Définition of hairbreadth
Origin :- also hairsbreadth, hairs-breadth, hair's breadth, mid-15c., said to have been formerly a formal unit of measure equal to one-forty-eighth of an inch. From hair + breadth.
- noun small margin
- Is it a hairbreadth too short to cover the scratch for which you want it?
- Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 » by Various
- I had nearly forgotten what looked like a hairbreadth escape.
- Extract from : « Wild Animals at Home » by Ernest Thompson Seton
- Every day had its own romance, its hairbreadth escape, its thrilling adventure.
- Extract from : « A Handful of Stars » by Frank W. Boreham
- There would be plenty of excitement, plenty of hairbreadth escapes.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 15, 1914 » by Various
- It was a ripe Durian which had fallen from an immense height and missed him by a hairbreadth.
- Extract from : « Blown to Bits » by R.M. Ballantyne
- They were full of stirring adventure and hairbreadth escape.
- Extract from : « Penelope and the Others » by Amy Walton
- They do so, and meet with many adventures and hairbreadth escapes.
- Extract from : « Dick, Marjorie and Fidge » by G. E. Farrow
- It was the nervous laugh of a shallow nature, after a hairbreadth escape.
- Extract from : « Moth and Rust » by Mary Cholmondeley
- Only by Gods grace can it have been that not a hairbreadth of harm was done to me.
- Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
- We may have a couple of hairbreadth escapes, you never can tell.
- Extract from : « Roy Blakeley's Motor Caravan » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
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