"hairbreadth" meaning in English

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          "text": "In short, these kind of hairbreadth missings of happiness look like the insults of Fortune, who may be considered as thus playing tricks with us, and wantonly diverting herself at our expense.",
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          "text": "His hairbreadth escapes from death; […].",
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          "text": "[…] 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.",
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