muck-a-muck
AmericanEtymology
Origin of muck-a-muck
First recorded in 1840–50, 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
The center man—the oldest of the three—slowly arose and very emphatically spoke the following: "Halo mammook, hiyu muck-a-muck, hyas close, wake klatawa."
From Memoirs of Orange Jacobs by Jacobs, Orange
"Man heap dry—this muck-a-muck heap good," said the young fellow, as he handed me a long strip to taste.
From The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse by Garland, Hamlin
He was a high muck-a-muck in Chihuahua once upon a time.
From The Mission of Janice Day by Turner, Corinne
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