What does the word huckleberry mean?

Usage examples for huckleberry

  1. Every boy he encountered added another ton to his depression; and when, in desperation, he flew for refuge at last to the bosom of Huckleberry Finn and was received with a Scriptural quotation, his heart broke and he crept home and to bed realizing that he alone of all the town was lost, forever and forever. – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 5. by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  2. Clemens decided to have the Huckleberry Finn book illustrated after his own ideas. – Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Albert Bigelow Paine Last Updated: February 20, 2009
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