单词 | muckety-muck |
释义 | muckety-muckn. U.S. colloquial. A self-important person; = high muck-a-muck n. Cf. high 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 1927 Lima (Ohio) News 26 May 13/4 I helped him get the dope on the high society muckety-mucks. 1954 L. Armstrong Satchmo xiii. 214 At that time we all thought you had to be a music conservatory man or some kind of a big muckity-muck to play the trumpet. 1971 O. Bleeck Thief who painted Sunlight (1972) iii. 36 Who's to complain?.. The big-shot muckety-mucks who're playing high-stakes poker, and one of them the head of a big charity outfit? 1992 Spy May 20/1 A PLO ambassador was confronted by an Arab counterespionage muckety-muck. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1927 |
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