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Why Do Some Think Kilmer, as Doc Holliday, Said 'Huckle Bearer'?​

Doc Holliday was a real historical figure who lived from 1851 to 1887. Born John Henry Holliday, he had aristocratic Southern roots and trained as a dentist, making his way out West where he gained a reputation as a gunfighter, gambler, and friend of Wyatt Earp. Holliday and his companions are famous for their role in the shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.

Some believe that if the real Doc Holliday said any such phrase, it would have been "I'm your huckle bearer," because, they assert, the term "huckle bearer" was at that time the equivalent of "pallbearer," and Holliday, a famous gunfighter, would have meant it as a threat.

"In the South, a huckle was a casket handle. A huckle bearer would be the person carrying a coffin, essentially a pallbearer," the travel website Texas Hill Country reported in 2020.

Some sources indicate that "I'm your huckleberry," in the sense used in the movie, was an idiom in the South in the 1800s and meant, more or less, the right person who was up for whatever job or action was being proposed.

The phrase is used, for example, in the 1883 novel, "The Bread-Winners: A Social Study," by John Hay. In the book, the character Sam Sleeny utters the phrase when being complimented by another character, John Offitt.
 

Why Do Some Think Kilmer, as Doc Holliday, Said 'Huckle Bearer'?​

Doc Holliday was a real historical figure who lived from 1851 to 1887. Born John Henry Holliday, he had aristocratic Southern roots and trained as a dentist, making his way out West where he gained a reputation as a gunfighter, gambler, and friend of Wyatt Earp. Holliday and his companions are famous for their role in the shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.

Some believe that if the real Doc Holliday said any such phrase, it would have been "I'm your huckle bearer," because, they assert, the term "huckle bearer" was at that time the equivalent of "pallbearer," and Holliday, a famous gunfighter, would have meant it as a threat.

"In the South, a huckle was a casket handle. A huckle bearer would be the person carrying a coffin, essentially a pallbearer," the travel website Texas Hill Country reported in 2020.

Some sources indicate that "I'm your huckleberry," in the sense used in the movie, was an idiom in the South in the 1800s and meant, more or less, the right person who was up for whatever job or action was being proposed.

The phrase is used, for example, in the 1883 novel, "The Bread-Winners: A Social Study," by John Hay. In the book, the character Sam Sleeny utters the phrase when being complimented by another character, John Offitt.
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