tune-playin

Updated: May 15, 2025

She had him ast into the cushioned sanctuary an' Aleck hadn't seen much them days an' what did he do but gawk around an' plump hisself down into that gilt-backed rocker with a tune-playin' seat in it, an', of co'se, quick ez his weight struck it, it started up a jig tune, an' they say Aleck shot out o' that door like ez ef he'd been fired out of a cannon.

Ruth McEnery Stuart - Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches