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serpent
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Young Goodman Brown
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- But the only thing about him that could be fixed upon as remarkable was his staff, which bore the likeness of a great black snake, so curiously wrought that it might almost be seen to twist and wriggle itself like a living serpent.
*serpent = snake
- "Sayest thou so?" replied he of the serpent, smiling apart.†
- The traveller put forth his staff and touched her withered neck with what seemed the serpent's tail.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(serpent) a snake
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) For less common senses of "serpent", see a comprehensive dictionary.