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hairsbreadth

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hairs·breadth or hair's-breadth  (hârzbrdth) also hair·breadth (hâr-)
n.
A small space, distance, or margin: won by a hairsbreadth.
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Noun1.hairsbreadth - a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"
hair's-breadth, whisker, hair
small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
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