Who said ill be your huckleberry

Apparently, in real life, Doc had a Colt Double. The knight would ride into battle with the garland draped over his lance. Photo: calyxnaquelphotography via Twenty However, there are a few issues with this theory.

Huck was a character in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Huckleberry Finn always found himself getting into trouble, but he kept a cool head and managed to save the day. Photo: shanti via Twenty Some folks think that Holliday may have said something else in real life. A huckle bearer would be the person carrying a coffin, essentially a pallbearer.

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Erku rerku citizentelegram. Holliday: Pulls out 12 gauge shottie -Boooooom- Jimmy dies. You eat a Slug September 21, All these responses are silly assumptions! His accent in the movie makes it hard to hear. In the 's little handles on a coffin were called "huckles", an English term. Instead of pallbearers the people who carried the coffin were called "hucklebearers" at the funeral.

This is why the other guy got so bent outta shape when Doc said "I'm your hucklebearer". He was telling the other guy "I'm your pallbearer " or literally I'm causing your funeral.

This is why it was so offensive and the shooting started. They're different idioms with completely different meanings, both well-attested historically.

Doc Holliday isn't quoted as having ever said the phrase, by the way. It's taken from historical fiction, in a context where "I'm your huckleberry" -- "I'm game", "I'm up for it", "I'm your guy" -- makes far more sense. Here's my handkerchief. Take hold.