muckamuck

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#1·7h ago

(countable, colloquial, sometimes, derogatory, originally, US) A person in a position of power or authority, or of high status.

Allen had the wit—God, I love that man when he's at his best—to invite all the new Kennedy muckamucks to an evening with a number of us at the Alibi Club.

Origin: Borrowed from . In the sense of person of authority, it is short for high muckamuck, from . See muckety muck. The ultimate source of the word is unclear; it is possible that the term originated within Chinook Jargon itself, rather than being borrowed from another language. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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(uncountable, US, dialectal, possibly, _, dated) Food.

She apparently has her own way in everything now, the old chief being quite satisfied to get his rations of muckamuck and tobacco without troubling himself as to how it is provided.

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