near squeak
Example Sentences
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"Jing! but that was a near squeak," he exclaimed.
From Men of Affairs by Roland Pertwee
“By Jove, it was a near squeak, though!”
From Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel by John B. Greene
It was a near squeak though, and it was lucky no engineer was with them, or I should have been had.
From Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works by John Henry Newman
Luckily your life belts kept you from taking in any water, but it was a near squeak.
From The Young Franc Tireurs And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War by F. T. Young
They told me at Rotterdam that I had had a very near squeak of death; and whether it's that or something else, I don't seem to have any of the meannesses you associate with me.
From The Man Without a Memory by Arthur W. (Arthur Williams) Marchmont
