muck-a-muck
AmericanEtymology
Origin of muck-a-muck
First recorded in 1840–50, see high-muck-a-muck
Example Sentences
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The volume’s author, an Ipswich muck-a-muck and chief bank cashier named Thomas S. Gowing, lays out a vigorous Victorian defense against “the unnatural custom” of the razorblade.
From Slate • Dec. 3, 2014
"There are some people I'll tell about this race and they're completely disgusted by it," says RunAmuck head muck-a-muck Scott Johnsson.
From Washington Post • May 6, 2010
He was a high muck-a-muck in Chihuahua once upon a time.
From The Mission of Janice Day by Turner, Corinne
It seems that before she left China, some high muck-a-muck gave her governor a swell pair of silk ones—something like these, I guess, but I don't know of what color.
From The Haunted Pajamas by Elliott, Francis Perry
Methinks that, along with several of me noble colleagues, I have made a big mistake in making offensive remarks to you, most noble high muck-a-muck.
From Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star by Standish, Burt L.
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