a-'queezin

Updated: June 13, 2025

She keeps a-kissin' me all the time, an' a-'queezin' me, an' tellin' me to sit on her lap an' be a little lady. Mom Beck, I de'pise to be a little lady." There was no answer to her last remark. Mom Beck had stepped into the pantry for more eggs for the cake she was making.

Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston - The Little Colonel