单词 | high muckety-muck |
释义 | high muckety-muckn. colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). Frequently depreciative. = high muck-a-muck n. Cf. muckety-muck n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-importance > [noun] > person bug1536 bladder1579 God almighty1632 cockalorumc1796 his nibs1821 prima donna1834 fly on the (coach-)wheel1840 high muck-a-muck1856 nobs1877 high muckety-muck1882 muckamuck1883 Pooh Bah1886 prima ballerina1923 I AM1926 muckety-muck1927 Pooter1957 cheese1965 1882 Argonaut Jan. 32 Very soon it will be in as good form to be a little pill homoeopath, as it is now to be a H. M. M* in laparotomy. [footnote] *High Muckety Muck. 1915 Indianapolis Star 3 Apr. 3/2 (headline) High muckety-mucks are named by Indiana Society. 1937 Z. N. Hurston Their Eyes were watching God xiii. 186 Dem wuzn't no high muckty mucks. Dem wuz railroad hands. 1977 Texas Monthly Aug. 86/1 What would I do out there with all them high-muckety-mucks? 2010 Cape Argus (Nexis) 6 Nov. 25 He's the one who stands at the top of the stairs..with the band playing and the high muckety-muck of the people's republic of whatever waiting for him. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1882 |
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