Meaning of muckamuck | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person in a position of power or authority, or of high status.
   colloquial, countable, derogatory, sometimes
2. Food.
   US, dated, dialectal, possibly, uncountable

Examples

“I think⟳ it was the Fourth of July when they took the chair from under my ass again. Not a word of warning. One of the big muck-a-mucks from the other side of the water had decided to make⟳ economies; […]”

“Allen had the wit—God, I love⟳ that man when he's at his best—to invite⟳ all the new Kennedy muckamucks to an evening with a number⟳ of us at the Alibi Club.”

“She apparently has her own⟳ way in everything now, the old chief being quite satisfied to get⟳ his rations of muckamuck and tobacco without troubling himself as to how it is provided.”

“But old Halascum once, under the mellowing influence⟳ of having sold some furs, and seeing the great quantities of muckamuck, or goodly things to eat⟳, which his prize had furnished, was led to tell⟳ the mystery […]”

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