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by-a-whisker

Adverb

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  1. By a very small distance
    I'm lucky to be alive. The bus missed me by a whisker.

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Also Mentioned In


  • whiskerlike
  • whiskerless
  • whiskery
  • nanowhisker
  • barrelette
  • barreloid
  • whiskering
  • cat-s-whiskers
  • whisker-pole
  • metal whiskers

Words near by-a-whisker in the dictionary


  • by
  • by-a-hair-s-breadth
  • by-a-long-chalk
  • by-a-long-shot
  • by-a-whisker
  • by-accident
  • by-all-accounts
  • by-all-means
  • by and by
  • by-and-by

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