See muckety muck on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Either a variant of muckamuck (the short form of high muckamuck), or a shortening of high muckety-muck. See the entry muckamuck.",
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"text": "Consequently, there have been times when the muckety-mucks at Merriam-Webster have requested that we all mark every third or fifth word in at least one source just to fill our files with words that would not usually catch our eye.",
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"A high muckamuck; a person (especially self-important) in a position of power, authority, or status."
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"(US, colloquial) A high muckamuck; a person (especially self-important) in a position of power, authority, or status."
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"word": "big cheese"
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"word": "big enchilada"
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"word": "big gun"
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"word": "big kahuna"
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"word": "big noise"
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"word": "big shot"
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"word": "grand poobah"
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"word": "heavy hitter"
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"word": "heavyweight"
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"word": "king of all one surveys"
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"A high muckamuck; a person (especially self-important) in a position of power, authority, or status."
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"(US, colloquial) A high muckamuck; a person (especially self-important) in a position of power, authority, or status."
],
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"word": "big cheese"
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{
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"word": "big enchilada"
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"word": "big gun"
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{
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"word": "big kahuna"
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"word": "big man"
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"word": "big name"
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{
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"word": "big noise"
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{
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"word": "big shot"
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{
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"word": "bigwig"
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"word": "big wheel"
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"word": "boss"
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"word": "grand poobah"
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"word": "head honcho"
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"word": "heavy hitter"
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{
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"word": "heavyweight"
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"word": "high muckamuck"
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{
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"word": "high muckety-muck"
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"word": "somebody"
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{
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"word": "top banana"
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"word": "top cat"
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"word": "top dog"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:important person",
"word": "top gun"
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{
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"word": "VIP"
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"word": "muckety muck"
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