Word: muckamucks
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...participating, and introduced himself to me; after a little conversation the extremely polite gentleman invited me to call on him at nine the following morning, saying he would like to have me meet His Honor the Judge and a few friends. The Judge, the Great Mogul, the High Muckamuck, was quite enough; he must have been a foreigner, for with frigid smile and withering glance he said: "Ignorantia non excuset; four dollars and nine cents, please." I told him I never spoke the language in my life, but supposed it was all right, paid him for his exertions, and hoped...
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