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plural hairbreadths
Alternative form of hair's breadth: the width of a hair, a very short distance or a very small amount. quotations examples
In short, these kind of hairbreadth missings of happiness look like the insults of Fortune, who may be considered as thus playing tricks with us, and wantonly diverting herself at our expense.
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […]
This surely was a day destined to be signalized by hairbreadth escapes.
1799, Charles Brockden Brown, Edgar Huntly
Measure Maddalena, and measure Minerva, and from forehead to chin, you won't find a hairbreadth of difference between them.
1856, Wilkie Collins, After Dark
[…] for the young hero rioted by day, howled by night, ravaged the house from top to bottom, and kept his guardians in a series of panics by his hairbreadth escapes.
1876, Louisa May Alcott, Rose in Bloom