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Definition of Huckleberry finn
1. Noun. A mischievous boy in a novel by Mark Twain.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Huckleberry Finn
Literary usage of Huckleberry finn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association, Richard Rogers Bowker, Charles Ammi Cutter (1907)
""No, no," she says, "Tom Sawyer, and you, you horrid huckleberry finn, you mustn't
come here. All the boys and girls in here are good and pious ; they have ..."
2. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1921)
"In the second class go Roughing It, Tom Sawyer, Life on the Mississippi, Huckleberry
Finn, Adam's Diary, and Eve's Diary; and from such work has proceeded ..."
3. On the Enforcement of Law in Cities by Brand Whitlock (1913)
"just as huckleberry finn said of the Widow Douglas when she would not let him
smoke: "And she ;ook snuff, too; of course that was all right, be- tause she ..."
4. Moments with Mark Twain by Mark Twain, Albert Bigelow Paine (1920)
"FROM "THE ADVENTURES OF huckleberry finn" (1876-83) HUCK AND NIGGER JIM * START
ON THEIR LONG DRIFT When it was beginning to come on dark we poked our heads ..."
5. The Library and the Librarian: A Selection of Articles from the Boston by Edmund Lester Pearson (1910)
"No, no," she says, " Tom Sawyer, and you, you horrid huckleberry finn, you musn't
come here. All the boys and girls in here are good and pious; ..."
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