Definition of "handspan" [handspan]

• The distance between the outstretched tips of the little finger and thumb when used as a unit of measurement (noun)

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• "Shaking his head, Vincent straightened and stepped away from the Jaguar to stand less than a handspan from Dante."
• "Only a scant handspan separated their bodies, almost as if she had sought to get as close to him as she dared without actually touching him."
• "The blanket was down by our feet, and I was really aware of him next to me, without a sheet or blanket covering us, his bare legs just a handspan away from mine."