Transcript:
A ship is in the middle of bad weather. Captain Arlo yells, "Ease the mainsheet!" Arlo orders, "A quarter-turn on the outhaul winch!" He now demands, "Make fast the mizzen doflotchee!" Arlo now steers and thinks, "That's the good thing about daydreams."
A southernism for something you do not remember the proper name for. Doohickey, thingamajig etc…