huckaback
toweling of linen or cotton, of a distinctive absorbent weave.
Origin of huckaback
1- Also called huck.
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How to use huckaback in a sentence
I thought of Mark Twain, as I imagined Lincoln inhabiting the voice Huck Finn might have had as an adult.
Making Lincoln Sexy: Jerome Charyn’s Fictional President | Tom LeClair | March 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith illustrations, the way one sees Huck Finn or Jim Hawkins is shaped immensely.
Snapshots are used to create a nostalgic, authentic feel, opening with Galon as a freckle-faced girl out of Huck Finn.
One reads Huck Finn to understand America, and when one strives to understand America, one reads Huck Finn.
C.E. Morgan: ‘Light in August’ is Faulkner’s Great American Novel | C.E. Morgan | August 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's like being interested in American literature without having read Huck Finn.
I begged, and told him I was only Huck; but he laughed such a screechy laugh, and roared and cussed, and kept on chasing me up.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)But looky here, Huck, who wuz it dat 'uz killed in dat shanty ef it warn't you?
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)Dah you goes, de ole true Huck; de on'y white genlman dat ever kep' his promise to ole Jim.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)But, Huck, dese kings o' ourn is reglar rapscallions; dat's jist what dey is; dey's reglar rapscallions.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)When Huck went a-wandering he thought it was because the store clothes the widow had given him were uncomfortable.
Seeing Things at Night | Heywood Broun
British Dictionary definitions for huckaback
/ (ˈhʌkəˌbæk) /
a coarse absorbent linen or cotton fabric used for towels and informal shirts, etc: Also called: huck (hʌk)
Origin of huckaback
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