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muck-a-muck ((n.))
[< Chinook Jargon]
Pacific Coast and Northwest
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
food.
Quotations
1863
On arriving back as far as Lytton or Lilooet, there was employment for all those who wished to avail themselves of the opportunity, at the rate of $40 per month, and "muca muc," as the Indian name implies.
1895
"Yes," they would say, "yes, all kinds of muck-a-muck at McLeod; jam, cake, biscuits--yes, ev'ything--you see by-'n-by; plenty plenty muck-a-muck, you see."
1915
Perhaps he had bought all his luxuries on jaw-bone from one store while he paid cash for his muck-a-muck in another.
1963
"Hi-ya tillicum," he greeted me. "You plenty muck-a-muck stop."