Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

i'm your huckleberry

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables: i'm y-our huck-le-ber-ry
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

I am your partner; I will join you; I will work with you; I will fight you; I will dance with you.

American usage; Dated; Informal

Example Sentences

"The other day, while enjoying a social game of seven-up with that pure and gentle poet, Jim Lowell, I said, “Jim, let’s take a drink.” Tears bedimmed his gentle and pure orbs, as in faltering accents he replied: “I’m your huckleberry.”"
"See here, if you want me to go into this or any other deal with you, I’m with you to the limit. If you don’t, and you just wish me to go along as your private secretary and professor of wisdom-toothing, I’m your huckleberry, and I’ll pay my own board-bills besides."
"Holliday took a quick step toward him. “I’m your huckleberry, Ringo,” replied the cheerful doctor. “That’s just my game.”"

Etymology

Uncertain, but dates to the late nineteenth century in the United States. Compare huckleberry in the sense "person of little consequence", or the idiom huckleberry above a persimmon.

Usage

American usage
Dated
Informal

Questions

What does i'm your huckleberry mean?: I am your partner; I will join you; I will work with you; I will fight you; I will dance with you.
Where does i'm your huckleberry come from?: Uncertain, but dates to the late nineteenth century in the United States. Compare huckleberry in the sense "person of little consequence", or the idiom huckleberry above a persimmon.

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