whisker

Words with a similar base: bewhisker, whisker

'whisker'

[hair's-breadth.n.01] as in: a very small distance or space

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Examples:
they escaped by a hair's-breadth
they lost the election by a whisker

'whisker'

[whisker.n.02] as in: a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g.

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a cat

'whisker'

[bewhisker.v.01] as in: furnish with whiskers

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Examples:
a whiskered jersey