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Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn noun: a person who has a boyish innocence and a spirit of curiosity, along with a reluctance to accept social norms and a desire for exploration and adventure (especially exploring by floating down a river).

Noun

Huckleberry Finn (plural Huckleberry Finns)

  1. A person who has a boyish innocence and a spirit of curiosity, along with a reluctance to accept social norms and a desire for exploration and adventure (especially exploring by floating down a river).
    • the white outsider with the tattered vest, the Huck Finn of the 20th century, Nelson Muntz2021, Sandra Danneil, Trick, Treat, Transgress: The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror as a Popular-Culture History of the Digital Age, Schüren Verlag, page 47
    • George Bancroft, the Huckleberry Finn of the American screen, comes back with one of his best performances in "The Docks of New York".1928 May, Helen Malmud, “Stage and Screen”, in The Vanguard, Vanguard Publishing Company, page 70

Examples of Huckleberry Finn in a sentence

  • (Mickey Rooney) was the Huckleberry Finn of America.2015, Richard A. Lertzman, William J. Birnes, The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney, Gallery Books, page 270:
  • The son of missionary parents from the U.S., he had been raised in a small Cofan Indian village just downriver from Lago Agrio, where he blossomed into the Huckleberry Finn of the upper Amazon.2012, David Quammen, The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, page 33:

Forms of Huckleberry Finn

pluralHuckleberry Finns
alternative formHuck Finn

Origin of Huckleberry Finn

From the fictional character Huckleberry Finn created by the American author Mark Twain.

Questions about Huckleberry Finn

What does Huckleberry Finn mean?
Huckleberry Finn means a person who has a boyish innocence and a spirit of curiosity, along with a reluctance to accept social norms and a desire for exploration and adventure (especially exploring by floating down a river).
How do you use Huckleberry Finn in a sentence?
(Mickey Rooney) was the Huckleberry Finn of America.
What part of speech is Huckleberry Finn?
Huckleberry Finn is a noun.
What is the plural of Huckleberry Finn?
The plural of Huckleberry Finn is Huckleberry Finns.

Words near Huckleberry Finn in the dictionary

  1. huckleberried
  2. huckleberries
  3. huckleberry
  4. huckleberry above a persimmon
  5. huckleberry above one's persimmon
  6. Huckleberry Finn
  7. huckleberrying
  8. hucklebone
  9. hucklebones
  10. hucklebuck
  11. hucklebucked

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