"I'm your huckleberry" meaning in English

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Phrase

Etymology: Uncertain, but dates to the late nineteenth century in the United States. Compare huckleberry in the sense "person of little consequence", or the idiom huckleberry above a persimmon. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{m|en|huckleberry|id=little consequence}} huckleberry, {{m|en|huckleberry above a persimmon}} huckleberry above a persimmon Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} I'm your huckleberry
  1. (dated, informal, US) I am your partner; I will join you; I will work with you; I will fight you; I will dance with you. Tags: US, dated, informal
    Sense id: en-I'm_your_huckleberry-en-phrase-yXDYAWfi Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "The other day, while enjoying a social game of seven-up with that pure and gentle poet, Jim Lowell, I said, “Jim, let’s take a drink.” Tears bedimmed his gentle and pure orbs, as in faltering accents he replied: “I’m your huckleberry.”",
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          "text": "See here, if you want me to go into this or any other deal with you, I’m with you to the limit. If you don’t, and you just wish me to go along as your private secretary and professor of wisdom-toothing, I’m your huckleberry, and I’ll pay my own board-bills besides.",
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