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high-muck-a-muck

  [hahy-muhk-uh-muhk, -muhk-uh-muhk]
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–noun
an important, influential, or high-ranking person, esp. one who is pompous or conceited.
Also, high-muck⋅y-muck  [hahy-muhk-ee-muhk, -muhk-ee-muhk] , high-muck⋅e⋅ty-muck  [hahy-muhk-i-tee-muhk, -muhk-i-tee-muhk] .
Also called muck-a-muck.

Origin:
1855–60; < Chinook Jargon hayo makamak lit., plenty to eat, much food, perh. extended derisively to Indians of high status with much disposable wealth, as for potlatches; hayo < Nootka ḥayo ten (the base of various measures with suffixes for specific countable nouns); mak(a)mak eat, food < Nootka ma⋅ḥo⋅ma(q-) part of whale meat between blubber and flesh
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high mucky-muck [...ˈməkimək]

  1. n.
    an important person; the person in charge. : When the high mucky-mucks meet, they will decide what to do about the problem.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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