handbreadth
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of handbreadth
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—A handbreadth of basis: thereon can one stand.
From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
It lacks a handbreadth yet of the measure of a prince.'
From The Little Colonel at Boarding-School by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Suddenly the Sub came to a dead stop almost within a handbreadth of the levelled bayonet of the Turkish sentry.
From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
R. José the Galilean said, “he must leave them an handbreadth high.”
From Hebrew Literature by Epiphanius Wilson
The Good God protect and bless you——I will find an opportunity to add a handbreadth of flounces to the bottom.
From The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood by Frank Wedekind
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