I was chokin', not grinnin'.

You don't know a grin from a choke." Zoeth changed the subject.

"It's a mighty pretty necktie," he declared.
"There ain't anybody in this town, unless it's Philander Bearse's wife, that can crochet any better'n that girl of ours." Shadrach snorted.

"What are you talkin' about ?" he demanded.

"Etta Bearse never saw the day she could crochet like that.