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hair's breadth

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hair's breadth

noun hairs' breadths · hairsbreadth · hairbreadth

  1. idiomatic A very small amount or distance. hair's-breadth escapes [narrow escapes]

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noun very small amount or distance

DeutschHaaresbreite
עבריתכְּחוּט הַשַֹּעֲרָה k'ẖut hasa'rá

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"hair's breadth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hair's%20breadth. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{hair_s_breadth_2026,
  title = {hair's breadth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hair's%20breadth},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}