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  • 1For Want of a Nail (proverb) — For Want of a Nail is a proverbial rhyme showing that small actions can result in large consequences. quote box2|border=2px|align=center|title=For Want of a Nail|halign=left|quote= For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the… …

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  • 2For Want of a Nail (novel) — For the proverb, see For Want of a Nail (proverb). For Want of a Nail   …

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  • 3for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost — The proverb is found in a number of forms. Cf. late 15th cent. Fr. par ung seul clou perd on ung bon cheval, by just one nail one loses a good horse; c 1390 GOWER Confessio Amantis v. 4785 For sparinge of a litel cost Fulofte time a man hath lost …

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  • 4for want of — because of a lack of (something) for want of a better location we ate our picnic lunch in the cemetery * * * for (the) want of : because of not having (something) : because (something) does not exist or is not available For want of a better name… …

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  • 5For Want of a Boot — Infobox Television episode Title = For Want of a Boot Series = M*A*S*H Caption = {Caption} Season = 2 Episode = 17 Airdate = January 12, 1974 Production = K417 Writer = Sheldon Keller Director = Don Weis Guests = Michael Lerner Johnny Haymer… …

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  • 6for want of a better word — if you say that you are using a particular word for want of a better word, you mean that it is not quite exact or suitable but there is no better one. They have problems, which, for want of a better word, we call psychological …

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  • 7History in For Want of a Nail — For Want of a Nail: If Burgoyne Had Won at Saratoga is an alternate history novel by Robert Sobel that takes the form of a history of North America from 1763 to 1971. Over the course of its 441 pages, For Want of a Nail details the failure of the …

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  • 8one — [ wʌn ] function word *** One can be used in the following ways: as a number: We have only one child. How much does one pound of apples cost? as a determiner: He grew roses on one side of his garden, and vegetables on the other. We ll meet again… …

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  • 9For One More Day — is a 2006 novel taken place during the mid 1900 s by the acclaimed sportswriter and author Mitch Albom. It opens with the novel s protagonist planning to commit suicide. His adulthood is shown to have been rife with sadness. His own daughter didn …

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  • 10One Life Stand — Studio album …

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