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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something that barely succeeds or nearly ends in failure or disaster.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun something that barely avoids failure or disaster
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