Is this archaic usage or a mistake in the gutenberg version?
In the version of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" available on gutenberg.org here, this appears:
"she told him at last that if he didn't quit using around there"
Is the use of the word "using" here a mistake, or was that the actual original word used there?
If the latter, what does it mean? Is it an archaic term for "messing about" or rural Missouri slang for something else, or what?
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In the version of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" available on gutenberg.org here, this appears:
"she told him at last that if he didn't quit using around there"
Is the use of the word "using" here a mistake, or was that the actual original word used there?
If the latter, what does it mean? Is it an archaic term for "messing about" or rural Missouri slang for something else, or what?
usage slang archaic
asked 15 mins ago
B. Clay Shannon
6952826
It looks like she uses "using" to mean "drinking" -- this is Huck Finn's father being discussed, and he was a no-good drunk most of the time.
– Hot Licks
7 mins ago
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In the version of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" available on gutenberg.org here, this appears:
"she told him at last that if he didn't quit using around there"
Is the use of the word "using" here a mistake, or was that the actual original word used there?
If the latter, what does it mean? Is it an archaic term for "messing about" or rural Missouri slang for something else, or what?
usage slang archaic
asked 15 mins ago
B. Clay Shannon
6952826
In the version of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" available on gutenberg.org here, this appears:
"she told him at last that if he didn't quit using around there"
Is the use of the word "using" here a mistake, or was that the actual original word used there?
If the latter, what does it mean? Is it an archaic term for "messing about" or rural Missouri slang for something else, or what?
usage slang archaic
usage slang archaic
asked 15 mins ago
B. Clay Shannon
6952826
asked 15 mins ago
B. Clay Shannon
6952826
asked 15 mins ago
B. Clay Shannon
6952826
asked 15 mins ago
B. Clay Shannon
6952826
asked 15 mins ago
B. Clay Shannon
6952826
6952826
It looks like she uses "using" to mean "drinking" -- this is Huck Finn's father being discussed, and he was a no-good drunk most of the time.
– Hot Licks
7 mins ago
add a comment |
It looks like she uses "using" to mean "drinking" -- this is Huck Finn's father being discussed, and he was a no-good drunk most of the time.
– Hot Licks
7 mins ago
It looks like she uses "using" to mean "drinking" -- this is Huck Finn's father being discussed, and he was a no-good drunk most of the time.
– Hot Licks
7 mins ago
It looks like she uses "using" to mean "drinking" -- this is Huck Finn's father being discussed, and he was a no-good drunk most of the time.
– Hot Licks
7 mins ago
add a comment |
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It looks like she uses "using" to mean "drinking" -- this is Huck Finn's father being discussed, and he was a no-good drunk most of the time.
– Hot Licks
7 mins ago