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- a hair's breadth
a hair's breadth
a hair's breadth
a very small distance or amount Enemy forces are within a hair's breadth of the city. We were a hair's breadth away from getting caught. (= we were almost caught)
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Biagino | | - | Italian |
| StiofÁN | | shtee-FAWN | Irish |
| Lewis | | ['lu:is] | |
| Wilma | | VIL-mah (German, Dutch), WIL-mah (Dutch), WIL-mə (English) | German, Dutch, English |
| RiagÁN | | - | Irish |
| Fariha | | - | Arabic, Urdu |