muckamuck
Britishnoun
verb
Etymology
Origin of muckamuck
Chinook Jargon
Example Sentences
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Alaskan settlers corrupted a powerful drink of the Hutsnuwu Indians into hooch, changed hiu muckamuck, the Chinook words meaning "plenty to eat," into a high-muck-a-muck, a "person of importance."
From Time Magazine Archive
Kloshe Good spose if mika thou kwanesum always potlatch wilt give muckamuck food kopa to nesika. us.
From Hymns in the Chinook Jargon Language by Myron Eells
Kloshe Good spose if mika thou potlatch wilt give mika thy wawa words kopa to nesika, us kahkwa as muckamuck food kopa to the tumtum. mind.
From Hymns in the Chinook Jargon Language by Myron Eells
Tony’s a count or some other high muckamuck in his own country, and he’s studying here while his father is at Washington on some diplomatic business or other.
From The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out by Spencer Davenport
Want to make me a high muckamuck, a grand sachem surrounded by his valiant bodyguard?
From The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron : or, the Struggle for the Silver Cup by Graham B Forbes
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