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hairbreadth
[ hair-bredth, -bretth ]
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Origin of hairbreadth1
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Example Sentences
Many hairbreadth escapes fell to his lot, and at last he quitted the sea, as he states "to the no small joy of my parents."
Many stories are told about the hairbreadth escapes of Marius at this time.
The "poor fellow" in detail related his hairbreadth escapes from battle, hunger, exposure, &c.
The din and the dust, the hairbreadth escapes made the discomfort of the ride for the two women indescribable.
Tough are the yarns of wondrous hunts and Indian perils, of hairbreadth 'scapes and curious "fixes."
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