high muckamuck

noun

noun

Etymology From Chinook Jargon hiyu muckamuck (“plenty of food”). Compare muckamuck.

Canada, US, Colloquial A person in a position of power, authority, or status.

He would become well when he reformed his eating habits and submitted himself to the regimen prescribed by Dr. John HArvey Kellogg and the high muckamucks of health.1993, TC Boyle, The Road to Wellville, Penguin, published 1994, page 94:

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