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