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The Devil and Tom Walker
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- If he really did take such a precaution, it was totally superfluous; at least so says the authentic old legend, which closes his story in the following manner: One hot summer afternoon in the dog-days, just as a terrible black thunder-gust was coming up, Tom sat in his counting-house, in his white linen cap and India silk morning-gown.†
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(1)
(superfluous) more than is needed, desired, or required
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)