called to straw

English

Adjective

called to straw

  1. (Southern US) Pregnant.
    • 1968, Mildred Haun, The Hawk's Done Gone: And Other Stories, Vanderbilt University Press, →ISBN, page 244:
      After that, till she was called to straw, she just minded her own business and said nothing about it. When the time come Cora didn't let on to a soul. […] Save for one little gown, Cora hadn't made any baby clothes. I didn't even know she was called to straw.
    • 2007 January 26, Elaine Hatfield, Take up Serpents: The Further Adventures of Firefly, the Tiny Detective, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 98:
      She'd been called to straw,25 she admitted. Preacher Willard Coleman knew all about her sinnin', but he'd promised he'd forgive her. […] 25Pregnant.
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