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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a whisker" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to a single hair or a small amount of hair on the face or body of an animal or person. Example: The cat brushed against my leg, its whiskers tickling my skin.
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In fact, by a whisker.
It's a whisker below Canada.
Not out by a whisker.
"A whisker!" the Ketch-All guy said.
Whoever won did so by a whisker.
Phelps had caught Spitz by a whisker.
A tragedy was averted by a whisker".
4.27pm BST Saved by a whisker!
And not even by a whisker.
By a whisker, is the answer.
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