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huck 1

 (hŭk)
n.
Huckaback.

huck 2

 (hŭk) Slang
v. hucked, huck·ing, hucks
v.tr.
1. To throw or toss.
2. To cause (a vehicle or board such as a skateboard) to leave the ground when executing a jump or stunt.
3. To go over or across (an obstacle), especially when executing a stunt.
4. To jump or go off (an object or cliff, for example), as in snowboarding or basejumping.
v.intr.
To leave the ground when executing a jump or stunt, as on a skateboard.
[Perhaps akin to hike and hoick.]
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Noun1.huck - toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric
huckaback
toweling, towelling - any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels
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"Huck, he must mean us both -- we're right to- gether."
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"Huck Finn," she says, "how'd them men come to talk about going a-black-berrying in September--in THIS region?"
You and Huck's been up to something you no business to--I know it perfectly well; I know you, BOTH of you.
"It is a pity if Huck is to be talked to that way, just for making a little bit of a mistake that anybody could make."
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Doan' talk to me 'bout Sollermun, Huck, I knows him by de back."
But he'll be pooty lonesome -- dey ain' no kings here, is dey, Huck?"
"Why, Huck, doan' de French people talk de same way we does?"
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The Marion Police Department is requesting assistance in trying to identify a white male suspect allegedly involved in the theft of money from a Huck's convenience store customer at approximately 11:15 p.m.
Marion police seek suspect in theft at Huck's on Aug. 5
With grim irony, Twain reveals Huck's "conscience," or what Huck thinks of as his conscience, to be the internalization of the rules and attitudes which society is attempting (rather unsuccessfully) to inculcate in him.
The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn
Boulder, CO, April 12, 2019 --(PR.com)-- Huck Adventures, an outdoor app startup on a mission to connect outdoor enthusiasts in a way never done before, announced it is currently raising $1 million in seed funding.
Huck Adventures is Raising $1 Million in Seed Funding to Connect Outdoor Adventure Enthusiasts Throughout the Country
The complaint, filed Friday in state Supreme Court in Monroe County, alleges Buffalo area developers John Yurtchuk and David Huck acted in bad faith in removing Masaschi as a partner and that their conduct was "legally and factually unjustified."
Masaschi suing partners in apartment development near UR
It was not always so, as Theresa Kubasak and Gabe Huck remind readers in their memoir recounting their seven years in Damascus.
Never Can I Write of Damascus

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