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  1. For Want of a Nail (novel), For Want of a Nail (proverb), For Want of a Nail, For Want of a Nail: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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noun:  For Want of a Nail: If Burgoyne Had Won at Saratoga is an alternate history novel published in 1973 by the American business historian Robert Sobel.
noun:  "For want of a nail" is a proverb, having numerous variations over several centuries, reminding that seemingly unimportant acts or omissions can have grave and unforeseen consequences.
noun:  "For Want of a Nail" is a 2010 science fiction short story by Mary Robinette Kowal.


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