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narrow squeak en · NOUN
Meanings
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(informal) A narrow escape; a close shave.
We know that he arrived at Stanthorpe in this condition, so we must try farther back. He may have had a terribly narrow squeak of some sort.
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:"My word," he said, breathlessly, "but that was a narrow squeak."
1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 142:
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squeaker