Well, that big thing in the front room can be a couch, a sofa, a chesterfield, A divan, a davenport, a smaller version is a love seat.
A pail that you carry water in has a bail that you grab to hold it with.
Don't make me no never mind, meaning I don't care.
She's so rich she don't eat grits and gravy no more.
We're gonna eat high on the hog. Meaning got money.
All day singing and dinner on the ground. Old timey weekend of preaching and singing and eating without leaving the grounds.