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high muckamuck

noun

Etymology

From Chinook Jargon hiyu muckamuck (“plenty of food”). Compare muckamuck.

  1. borrowed from hiyu

Definitions

  1. A person in a position of power, authority, or status.

    • He would become well when he reformed his eating habits and submitted himself to the regimen prescribed by Dr. John HArvey Kellogg and the high muckamucks of health.

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