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To: proust
The line is not I'm your huckleberry it is "I'll be your huckle bearer" ... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=huckle+bearer
36 posted on 07/18/2015 4:49:12 PM PDT by willyd (I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
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To: willyd
Looks like you can find any definition you want in the UrbanDictionary.

Huckleberry

"A man; specif., the exact kind of man needed for a particular purpose. 1936: "Well, I'm your huckleberry, Mr. Haney." Tully, "Bruiser," 37. Since 1880, archaic.

The "Historical Dictionary of American Slang" which is a multivolume work, has about a third of a column of citations documenting this meaning all through the latter 19th century.

So "I'm your huckleberry" means "I'm just the man you're looking for!"

"I'm your huckleberry..." Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in Tombstone


40 posted on 07/18/2015 5:06:33 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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