1886: Howdy from Muck-A-Muck, Texas!

The “classic Chinook” strikes again, this time in Texas!

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Muck-a-Muck is the name of a new post-office [i.e. town] in Texas, and in all probabilities it has been started by a Puget Sounder, as Muck-a-Muck is classic Chinook and means “grub.”

— from the Olympia (WA) Washington Standard of July 23, 1886, page 1, column

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