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 Nail (For want of a).Nail fixed in the Temple (of Jupiter). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Nail-money.
 
Six crowns given to the “roy des harnoys” for affixing the arms of a knight to the pavilion.   1
 


 Nail (For want of a).Nail fixed in the Temple (of Jupiter). 

 
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