10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGH-MUCK-A-MUCK»
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high-muck-a-muck in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
high-muck-a-muck and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Silence, the Word and the Sacred
POETRY. AND. POSITIVISMS: High-Muck-A-Muck. or. 'Spiritual. Ketchup'. Robin
Blaser Except for us, Vesuvius might consume In solid fire the utmost earth and
know No pain (ignoring the cocks that crow us up To die). This is part of the ...
E.D. Blodgett, H.G. Coward, 2010
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Cupboard Love 2:
A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities
The first part of the phrase was then misconstrued by English speakers as high,
as in high muck-a-muck, which probably helped the term develop a new
idiomatic sense: namely, a bigwig, a fat cat, a mogul, a VIP, the kind of high-and-
mighty ...
3
Americanisms--old & New
High. Dutchers. 297. High-Muck-a-Muck. high dutchers. — Skates, the blades of
which are ornamentally curled in front ; those without this ornamentation are
called dumps. The Dutch are well known as the best skaters in the world —
hence ...
John Stephen Farmer, 1889
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Another Word
A Day: An All-New Romp through Some of the Most ...
... comes across with more wampum.” —Denver Post high-muck-a-muck (HI-muk-
uh-muk),also high-mucky-muck, high-muckety-muck, high muckamuck, muck-a-
muck, muckety-muck,etc. noun An important, high-ranking person, especially ...
5
Theatrical and Circus Life: Or, Secrets of the Stage, ...
See that he remains blindfolded," shouted the High Muck-a-Muck, and, while I
still dangled from an iron hook on the end of a stout pole, the dripping
handkerchief was tightened across my eyes. "Put him through the Purgation rite,"
was the next ...
John Joseph Jennings, 1882
... him till they made his head And he (eels like a High Muck-a-Muck. W;_lll a look
of suspense he hands in his expense B ozhwipvi and ci ars and su_ch truck ; '1;
Q lyrashier says._ “Bill. look you here, ou have l.l\'Ed like a High Muck-a—Muck.
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You've Got Ketchup on Your Muumuu: An
A--to--Z Guide to ...
An A--to--Z Guide to English Words from Around the World Eugene Ehrlich. from
the center of Hiroshima when the bomb fell on the city and appeared to have
survived the bombing uninjured.” high-muck-a-muck HĪ MUK ə MUK From
Chinook ...
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All Sorts of Pittsburgers
His mustache, big and red, And his greatness of head, Should indicate plainly to
you That Isaac's possessor Is nobody lesser Than the high muck-a-muck of the
Zoo. O'er his novel domain Supreme is his reign ; He has vassals all dressed up
...
Arthur Gordon Burgoyne, 1892
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Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
... muckti-muck, muckty- muck, mucky-muck, mucky-mucky) an important or self-
important person; esp. as big muck-a-muck and HIGH MUCK-A-MUCK n. [
Chinook jargon muckamuck, food] muck-a-muck adj. (also muckety-muck) [1970s
] (US) ...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weird Word Origins
All the variations on this term come from the longer phrase high-muck-a-muck,
which in turn is the English version of the Chinook phrase hiyu muckamuck,
which combines hiyu, "plenty," and muckamuck, "food." So a hiyu muckamuck
was a ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGH-MUCK-A-MUCK»
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Epstein Channels Camus?
On October 21 Theo Epstein joined the Chicago Cubs front office. He assumed the high-muck-a-muck title of "President of Baseball Operations" ... «ChicagoNow, Nov 11»
