muckamuck
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Alaskan settlers corrupted a powerful drink of the Hutsnuwu Indians into hooch, changed hiu muckamuck, the Chinook words meaning "plenty to eat," into a high-muck-a-muck, a "person of importance."
From Time Magazine Archive
Kloshe Good spose if mika thou kwanesum always potlatch wilt give muckamuck food kopa to nesika. us.
From Hymns in the Chinook Jargon Language by Myron Eells
Hyiu tilikum, a crowd; many people; hyiu muckamuck, plenty to eat; tenas hyiu, some; a, few; wake hyiu, not many or not much.
From Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by George Gibbs
Saturday used to be called at the Hudson's Bay Company's posts "muckamuck sun," food day, as the one on which the rations were issued.
From Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by George Gibbs
Tony’s a count or some other high muckamuck in his own country, and he’s studying here while his father is at Washington on some diplomatic business or other.
From The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out by Spencer Davenport
