What does narrow squeak mean?

narrow squeak

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

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""My word," he said, breathlessly, "but that was a narrow squeak.""
"We know that he arrived at Stanthorpe in this condition, so we must try farther back. He may have had a terribly narrow squeak of some sort."

narrow squeaks (plural)

squeaker

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