hurtleberry

[ hur-tl-ber-ee ]

noun

, plural hur·tle·ber·ries.

1. whortleberry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hurtleberry¹

1425–75; late Middle English hurtil beri

Example Sentences

Hurtleberry, a form of whortleberry.

From Project Gutenberg

Between the fallen trees there are briars, with hurtleberry and gooseberry bushes, raspberries, etc., which invite the bears in greater or lesser numbers, as they are a favourite food of that animal: beyond these rocky banks are found a few moose and fallow deer.

From Project Gutenberg

He included everything down to the last hurtleberry, mingled personal and business expenses, often picked up the checks for expenditures by close associates and occasionally even by his servants.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hurts is short for hurtleberry, which is another way of writing whortleberry, the correct old English form which we have since corrupted into huckleberry.

From Project Gutenberg

Other names for the fruit are Blueberry, Bulberry, Hurtleberry, and Huckleberry.

From Project Gutenberg