mucky-muck
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mucky-muck
noun
noun, N Amer
A (self-) important person. (1968 —) .
Globe & Mail (Toronto): Orpen was always let out at the members' enclosure, but he never sat with the mucky-mucks (1968).
[Alteration of muck-a-muck, short for high-muck-a-mucknoun .]
noun, N Amer
A (self-) important person. (1968 —) .
Globe & Mail (Toronto): Orpen was always let out at the members' enclosure, but he never sat with the mucky-mucks (1968).
[Alteration of muck-a-muck, short for high-muck-a-muck
| mucking, mucker, mucho | |
| mud, mud kicker, mud-hook |
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