hucklebucks

Noun

hucklebuck (plural hucklebucks)

1. A rhythmic dance from the time just prior to rock and roll.
   • 1948, Paul Williams, The hucklebuck, quoted in Talkin' that talk (1986), page 168
2. (New Orleans) A treat consisting of frozen Kool-Aid served in a dixie cup.
   • I am turtle soup, gator soup, tenderloin catfish, shrimp saute
     Shrimp Samantha, fried shrimp, stuffed shrimp, peeled ice
     shrimp, Crabmeat au gratin, berled crab, stuffed crab, Shrimp
     Newberg, Shrimp etoufeé, Bananas Foster, Hubig’s Pies, Roman1988, Arthur Pfister, "My Name is New Orleans", re-printed in Arthur Pfister, My Name is New Orleans: 40 Years of Poetry & Other Jazz, Margaret Media, Inc. (2009) →ISBN, page 5
3. (derogatory, slang) A hillbilly or otherwise culturally backwards person.
   • […] I had a patrolman pull over a hot roller 'bout two hours ago. One a'them boys in the stolen car opened up on my man, who's in Atlanta General breathing through a tube and, according to the docs, ain't never gonna wake up. […] If they find those hucklebucks, I'm gonna have a hollow-point street...1996, Stephen J. Cannell, Final Victim, Avon Books, published 1997, →ISBN, page 107

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