Huckleberry Finn

English Alternative forms Huck Finn Etymology From the fictional character Huckleberry Finn created by the American author Mark Twain. Noun A person who has a boyish innocence and a spirit of curiosity, along with a reluctance to accept social norms and a desire for exploration and adventure (especially exploring by floating down a river). en the white outsider with the tattered vest, the Huck Finn of the 20th century, Nelson Muntz https://www.google.com/books/edition/Trick_Treat_Transgress/vSw_EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+huck+finn+of%22+-%22mark+twain%22&pg=PA47&printsec=frontcover 47 Trick, Treat, Transgress: The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror as a Popular-Culture History of the Digital Age Sandra Danneil 2021 Schüren Verlag en https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Vanguard/G6sYCj8EpZ4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+huckleberry+finn+of%22+-%22mark+twain%22&pg=RA5-PA70&printsec=frontcover The Vanguard Vanguard Publishing Company George Bancroft, the Huckleberry Finn of the American screen, comes back with one of his best performances in "The Docks of New York". Helen Malmud Stage and Screen 70 May 1928 en (Mickey Rooney) was the Huckleberry Finn of America. Every kid wanted to be like him but no dame wanted to be married to him. Because he wasn't handsome. To them, he was a crazy little kid. 270 https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Life_and_Times_of_Mickey_Rooney/hrz_BgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+huckleberry+finn+of%22+-%22mark+twain%22&pg=PA270&printsec=frontcover Gallery Books The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney Richard A. Lertzman, William J. Birnes 2015 en The son of missionary parents from the U.S., he had been raised in a small Cofan Indian village just downriver from Lago Agrio, where he blossomed into the Huckleberry Finn of the upper Amazon. 33 https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Flight_of_the_Iguana/VYIlca_fQVsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+huckleberry+finn+of%22+-%22mark+twain%22&pg=PA33&printsec=frontcover The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature David Quammen 2012 en terms derived from fiction eponyms en Fictional characters