Come morning, her huckleberry waffles will have you drooling. Huckleberry garlands were said to be given to knights of the kingdom for coming to. The etymology of the phrase is traced back to aurthurian lore. While some vaccinium species, such as vaccinium parvifolium, the red huckleberry, are always called huckleberries, other species may be called blueberries or huckleberries depending upon local custom. Hes a great handyman but electrical work is above his huckleberry. Dialect is so important in the adventures of huckleberry finn, for example, that mark twain explains it. If you would like to suggest a term or an update to an existing. Black huckleberry definition of black huckleberry by. How many people with the first name huckleberry have been born in the united states. He is 12 or years old during the former and a year older thirteen or fourteen or along there, chapter 17 at the time of the latter. Absent without leave, of one who has broken prison, or ab sconded. Til im your huckleberry is a rather obscure reference to an arcane american expression, im a huckleberry to your persimmon, meaning im a bit better than you at the skill in question. The name huckleberry is a boys name of english, american origin. Huckleberry definition of huckleberry by medical dictionary.
Western slang, lingo, and phrases a writers guide to the old west. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the cambridge dictionary editors or of cambridge university press or its licensors. Later, a huckleberry took on the meaning of a sidekick, or a partner lesser in stature or importance to his counterpart. Some are hilarious, some are rude and some are interesting. The name huckleberry may also be familiar from the famous sidekick of mark twains tom sawyer, huckleberry finn, who also got his own book from the author. Huckleberries on the hike to the chinese wall, montana. Doc holliday im your huckleberry true west magazine. The chinese wall well worth the trip the chinese wall is a limestone spine averaging about 1,000 feet tall and stretches unbroken for a dozen miles. Heres our list of our top 100 favorite british slang words and phrases. On first meeting huckleberry in the adventures of tom sawyer the image we are offered, with the fillius terrae tang of home turf and native soil compensating for legitimacy deficit, is that of a gaudy romantic outcast, happygolucky interloper, artful dodger, freerider, simplelifer, doityourselfer, feelgooder.
See here, if you want me to go into this or any other deal with you, im with you to the limit. Huckleberry definition is any of a genus gaylussacia of american shrubs of the heath family. Slang meaning person of little consequence is attested from 1835. The second and more common usage came to mean, in the words of the dictionary of american slang. Favorite activities include water skiing, swimming, lake lounging, hassling campers for change and scrap foods, and huckling. American and british english each have many dialects. Everybody knows huckleberry finn, the mark twain character named, twain said, for the 19th century slang term for humble. Here, for example, huckleberry finn and jim, an escaping slave, discuss king. Huckleberries hold a place in archaic american english slang. Fans of classic literature almost always know huckleberry finn.
Definition of huckleberry the online slang dictionary. These examples are from the cambridge english corpus and from sources on the web. From 1880 to 2018, the social security administration has recorded 207 babies born with the first name huckleberry in the united. Half seas over a sailors expression for intoxicated, drunk. The huckleberry and similar species are often confused with the blueberry the names sometimes are used interchangeably, but the fruits are botanically distinct. Huckleberry garlands were said to be given to knights of the kingdom for coming to the service of a damsel. Well, the first time this quote shows up in print is in walter noble burns book tombstone in 1928. If you dont, and you just wish me to go along as your private secretary and professor of wisdomtoothing, im your huckleberry, and ill pay my own boardbills besides.
We are constantly updating our database with new slang terms, acronyms, and abbreviations. Information and translations of huckleberry in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. The random house historical dictionary of american slang, ho by j. Definition of huckleberry in the idioms dictionary. Definition of be huckleberry in the idioms dictionary. And you didnt even need to go into only connect mode. The historical dictionary of american slang which is a. The range of slang meanings of huckleberry in the 19th century was broad, also referring to significant persons or nice persons. Gullible gulls, huckleberry, jumbi, wooden nickels, realtors, and calling a spade a spade. It is named after the american huckleberry, which is known for its small size. Black huckleberry definition is a rather low shrub gaylussacia baccata of eastern north america that produces a shining black somewhat acid drupe and that is the best known of the huckleberries. Listen to the audio pronunciation in the cambridge english dictionary. What is the origin of the expression ill be your huckleberry.
Til im your huckleberry is a rather obscure reference. Huckleberry article about huckleberry by the free dictionary. A female slave with a yellow, or light, complexion. Huckleberry huck finn is a fictional character created by mark twain who first appeared in the book the adventures of tom sawyer 1876 and is the protagonist and narrator of its sequel, adventures of huckleberry finn 1884.
Slang meaning person of little consequence is attested. Many speculate that the berry is included in the phrase to refer to the triviality of the task at hand. Lighter random house, new york, 1997 lists several meanings. Huckleberry definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Definition, synonyms, translations of huckleberrying by the free dictionary. This is the british english pronunciation of huckleberry. Definition and synonyms of huckleberry from the online english dictionary from macmillan education. The chinese wall well worth the trip the chinese wall is a limestone spine averaging about.
Readers meet huck finn after hes been taken in by widow douglas and her sister, miss watson, who. Im your huckleberry what does the term actually mean. Also that, throughout the movie tombstone, ike constantly refers to the earps as pimps. All the talk about what it meant for doc holliday to say, youre a daisy if you do and what daisy in that time period meant has little to do with the definition of the word daisy or deusy doozy. Western slang, lingo, and phrases a writers guide to. To at least partially remove these chemicals, set your rock on a hard surface, heat with a lighter until melted, and then scrape off your slightly more pure crack with a razor blade when it dries.
Identifying huckleberries archives intl wild huckleberry. Oct 29, 2008 personally i think given the context, to change it would not give a true depiction of how it actually was in that era. What is the meaning of im your huckleberry, said by doc. Tom mix, an old hollywood film star poses with a gun in hand and is hair case on the floor. A bear that has a severe chronic addiction to huckleberries. A set of colorful expressions used in twains novel. Huckleberries might sound a bit like a madeup creation for books or cartoons, but we assure you theyre real fruits. Huckleberries comprise a family of about 70 different species of fruitbearing plant that grows around the world. What is the meaning of im your huckleberry, said by doc holliday in the 1993 movie tombstone. Apr 27, 2020 us, slang the person one is looking for.
Gaylussacia baccata, black huckleberry low shrub of the eastern united states bearing shiny black edible fruit. Crack is much more addictive than cocaine, because it absorbed faster. Huckleberry definition of huckleberry by merriamwebster. Lifting that heavy box is definitely above my huckleberrymy arms are too scrawny for that. Huckleberry is the 26,868 th most popular name of all time. Much like a crack addict it will do anything to satiate it huckleberry needs. A few modern parents have put it on a birth certificate, including man vs. Get free homework help on mark twains adventures of huckleberry finn.
I recently ran into the phrase im your huckleberry in a story about the old west. Huckleberrying definition of huckleberrying by the free. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Huckleberry definition, the darkblue or black edible berry of any of various shrubs belonging to the genus gaylussacia of the heath family. Cracking definition is very impressive or effective. The definition, example, and related terms listed above have been written and compiled by the slangit team. Vaccinium ovatum known by the common names evergreen huckleberry, winter huckleberry and california huckleberry cyrilla racemiflora known as he huckleberry, in the family of cyrillaceae.
British slang is a fountain of beautiful words that we dont normally use in america. Full text of a dictionary of slang and colloquial english. This page explains what the slang term huckleberry means. Youre a daisy if you do posted by laura garrett on august 30, 2008 at 12. Subscribe to our free daily email and get a new idiom video every day. Looking up the term in a dictionary, i found that in slang it meant special man for the job around 1880, but is now considered archaic. Any of various evergreen or deciduous shrubs of the genus gaylussacia in the heath family, especially those found in eastern north america, bearing. The name huckleberry is a boys name of english, american origin everybody knows huckleberry finn, the mark twain character named, twain said, for the 19th century slang term for humble. Huckleberry was commonly used in the 1800s in conjunction with persimmon as a small unit of measure. Jan 10, 2012 what is the meaning of im your huckleberry, said by doc holliday in the 1993 movie tombstone. Information about huckleberry in the dictionary, synonyms and antonyms. A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words after wards entitled the slang dic. Finally, by the late 19th century, slang dictionaries defined the phrase as a man needed for a particular purpose.
Oftentimes, its not so much the word itself thats awesome but the usage of it so. For example, to encourage more rapid healing of a broken ankle following. The cartoon character that shares the same name with mark twains character is huckleberry huck hound, an anthropomorphic dog created by hannabarbera in 1958, in which the term huckleberry can be a slang expression for a rube or an amateur, or a mild expression of disapproval. Western slang, lingo, and phrases a writers guide to the. Top 100 most beautiful british slang words and phrases. Definition of huckleberry new word suggestion collins. To be ones huckleberry usually as the phrase im your huckleberry is to be just the right person for a given job, or a willing executor of some commission. Use cliffsnotes the adventures of huckleberry finn study guide today to ace your next test. Proper usage and audio pronunciation plus ipa phonetic transcription of the word huckleberry. Therefore, i am your huckleberry may well have been spoken to the earps and the statements meaning may be i am your champion.
Terms in this set 70 lit out light out to run away or leave very quickly. Huckleberry definition in the cambridge english dictionary. The historical dictionary of american slang which is a multivolume work, has. Im a huckleberry over your persimmon meant im just a bit better than you. Sometimes slang is depicted as a torrent or a tide that carries speakers away. Technically the fruit and plant of gaylussacia, but also widely colloquially applied to the closely related blueberry vaccinium. In the classic western movie tombstone 1993 val kilmer, as doc holliday, says to johnny ringo, im your huckleberry, thats just my game. Many fans of old cartoons fondly remember huckleberry hound. A fairly new gaming term derived from fortnite culture synonyms.
Huckleberry as in im your huckleberry means im just the man youre looking for or im just the man for the job. As a last name huckleberry was the 27,625 th most popular name in 2010. Huckleberry definition of huckleberry by the free dictionary. Huckleberry definition and meaning collins english. Identifying huckleberries archives wild huckleberry lovers. They would approach the lady, lower their lance, and receive the small branch as a symbol of gratitude.
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