hairbreadth

suomi-englanti sanakirja

hairbreadth englanniksi

  1. (alt form of): the width of a hair, a very short distance or a very small amount.

  2. (RQ:Fielding Tom Jones)

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  4. (RQ:Collins After Dark).

  5. (RQ:Alcott Rose in Bloom) for the young hero rioted by day, howled by night, ravaged the house from top to bottom, and kept his guardians in a series of panics by his hairbreadth escapes.

  6. (quote-journal)