near squeak

There was a near squeak though.

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.

The Squire was progressing as favourably as could be expected, Bathurst said, but it had been such a near squeak that the utmost care was necessary.

Remember I had a near squeak, and so did the dog.

It was a near squeak though, and it was lucky no engineer was with them, or I should have been had.