Huckleberry friend?

[Blarg]

Saw "Moon River" being sung, and there's that line that says, "My huckleberry friend."

What the heck does that mean?

Perhaps this matter may need BigSteve's clarification.

[Sheepscot]

Not what you're looking for, but after reading the tombstone thread, this is all I could think of

"I'm your huckleberry"

[wacki]

Huckleberry is slang for hucklebearer, which was a term in the
old south that meant pallbearer

[peachy]

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Huckleberry is slang for hucklebearer, which was a term in the
old south that meant pallbearer

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yes but it was an anciet term used by knights and i think damsels in distress...but in the movie i think it was more meant as im your man

but who knows...it means a bunch of different things here in the south...not just pallbearer

these of course r for tombstone....

in the song it just means a good old friend like from the novels Huckleberry Finn...back then people used it to describe poeple and although sometimes thought a little word it was enduring...but thats in the south...dunno what it means elsewhere

[jakethebake]

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Huckleberry is slang for hucklebearer, which was a term in the old south that meant pallbearer

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Very interesting. This is why I love 00T.

[RacersEdge]

Check this out. About halfway down the page.

[wacki]

Also, I don't know the song, but huckleberry is also a term from the middle ages where nights who won a joust (or aiding in defense) would recieve a huckleberry garland from a damsel to be place on his lance. In this sense it means "I am your champion".

[Blarg]

It's a mushy love song from I guess the 50's. I saw Audrey Hepburn singing it.

Your second definition sounds more probably than the first. I'm not sure it fits quite right in the song, but I suppose that could be it.

[RacersEdge]

I've heard this song somewhere - very sappy - the Huckleberry Finn tie-in makes the most sense.

[Brain]

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