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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 |
| Balbina | | bahl-BEE-nah (Italian) | Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Italian (Rare), Ancient Roman |
| Ketut | | - | Indonesian, Balinese |
| Ghadir | | - | Arabic |
| Fulke | | FULK | English (Archaic) |
| Root | | [ru:t] | |
| Camila | | kah-MEE-lah (Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese |