muck-a-muck ((n.)) [< Chinook Jargon] Pacific Coast and Northwest
n. food.
See also: hyiu muckamuck makmak
- 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."