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For Want of a Nail

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DICDEF followed by an EXAMPLEFARM. Great for TVTropes, but not WP. Plenty of sources, but all they do is provide examples, which by itself does not confer notability. Perfect example of CARGO. Just Another Cringy Username (talk) 21:01, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. Just Another Cringy Username (talk) 21:01, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
• Keep Definitely could stand improvement, but it is a proverb that has been discussed as such [1][2][3]. XOR'easter (talk) 22:23, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

  The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms uses it as an example of a rhetorical climax. It is also cited as illustrating how to make a sorites using symploce. XOR'easter (talk) 22:34, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

• Delete This is essentially a transplant of a TVtropes article. --TheInsatiableOne (talk) 09:17, 10 July 2023 (UTC)