muckamuck

British  

/ ˈmʌkəˌmʌk /

noun

1. food

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verb

1. (intr) to consume food; eat

Etymology

Origin of muckamuck

Chinook Jargon

Example Sentences

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

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 Davenport, Spencer

Saturday used to be called at the Hudson's Bay Company's posts "muckamuck sun," food day, as the one on which the rations were issued.

From Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by Gibbs, George

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 Forbes, Graham B

Hyiu tilikum, a crowd; many people; hyiu muckamuck, plenty to eat; tenas hyiu, some; a, few; wake hyiu, not many or not much.

From Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by Gibbs, George