hairbreadth

[ hair-bredth, -bretth ]

/ ˈhɛərˌbrɛdθ, -ˌbrɛtθ /

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Origin of hairbreadth

1400–50; late Middle English heere brede;see hair, breadth

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haint blue, Haiphong, hair, hairball, hairbrained, hairbreadth, hairbrush, hairbrush cactus, hair cell, haircloth, haircoloring

How to use hairbreadth in a sentence

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."
Robert Moffat|David J. Deane
Many stories are told about the hairbreadth escapes of Marius at this time.
The Two Great Republics: Rome and the United States|James Hamilton Lewis
The "poor fellow" in detail related his hairbreadth escapes from battle, hunger, exposure, &c.
Reminiscences of the Guilford Grays, Co. B., 27th N.C. Regiment|John A. Sloan
The din and the dust, the hairbreadth escapes made the discomfort of the ride for the two women indescribable.
Still Jim|Honor Willsie Morrow

Tough are the yarns of wondrous hunts and Indian perils, of hairbreadth 'scapes and curious "fixes."
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 393, July 1848|Various

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