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MATTRESS
Volume 3, entries 4976. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → SWEAT → SOCKS AND STOCKINGS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 4976
Nevah heard of women's stockin' but ah've heard about men's socks. LAK AH WANTA TRICK YUH. YUH ARE MAH BOY FRIEN'. Well, ah take dat sock an' jis' put it undah de bed mattress, yuh know, aftah he [she does not say YoU] pull it off. Jis' lak stealin' it from 'im, yuh see. An' carry it up undah de bed mattress. (What will that do?) Dat will keep 'im at home. Ah think's de right one [sock].
hypothetical keeping him home through sock-under-mattress placement. The opening distinguishes not having heard about women's stockings from having heard about men's socks; the ensuing case is hypothetical, not an observed enactment. These are attributed source occurrences; outcomes remain unverified.