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high-muck-a-muck
high-muck-a-muck N. Amer. colloq. (ˈhaɪˌmʌkəmʌk) Also high-you-muck-a-muck. [app. ad. Chinook Jargon hiu plenty + mucka-muck food.] A self-important person, one who imagines he is more exalted than he is.1856 Democratic State Jrnl. (Sacramento) 1 Nov. 3/1 The professors—the high ‘Muck-a-Mucks’—tried... Oxford English Dictionary
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muck-a-muck
muck-a-muck (ˈmʌkəmʌk) [Chinook jargon.] 1. Used by or with reference to Amerindians of western North America: food.1847 J. Palmer Jrnl. Trav. Rocky Mts. 150 Muck-a-muck, Provisions, eat. 1852 Oregonian (Portland) 25 Dec. 2/3 The aborigine..‘put’ for the settlement with a sort of legs-do-your-duty-f... Oxford English Dictionary
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tyee
‖ tyee, tyhee (ˈtaɪiː) [Chinook jargon.] 1. A chief; a person of distinction. N. Amer. slang.1792 in E. Healey Hist. Alert Bay (1958) 15 The Ty-ee, or chief, of the village paid us an early visit. 1866 J. K. Lord Naturalist in Brit. Columbia I. 161, I was presented to the chiefs as a Hyas tyee (grea... Oxford English Dictionary
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