felt n / felt tints

felt n So three or four days after he was buried, the will was read, and she went to the bag an' here was nothing in it only felt tints. Yes G.M. Story SUP Aug 25 1985 [Note that my transciption actually says _felt tins_, as this latter pronunciation seems the more common. Even so, I wonder if...

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Summary:felt n So three or four days after he was buried, the will was read, and she went to the bag an' here was nothing in it only felt tints. Yes G.M. Story SUP Aug 25 1985 [Note that my transciption actually says _felt tins_, as this latter pronunciation seems the more common. Even so, I wonder if there is any connection with _tent_, meaning to stretch etc here. _felt tins_ seems a little too easy and transparent. JW.] Used I and Sup Used Sup Not used JW has a note about the quote, see below.