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No, you never went "leafing" -- not unless you are simon-pure country-bred. You do not know what the word means. You cannot find it in the unabridged dictionary -- not in the sense in which I am using it. But there are many good words we country people use that are not, perhaps, in the dictionary.
And what do I mean by "leafing"? Get down that bundle of meal sacks, hitch into the one-horse hay-rig, throw in the rakes, and come. We are going into the woods for pig-bedding, for leaves to keep the pigs dry and warm this winter!