hair's-breadth

Definitions of hair's-breadth
  1. noun
    a very small distance or space
    synonyms: hair, hairsbreadth, whisker
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    type of:
    small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
    an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
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