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Webster 1913 Edition

Mum-chance

Mum′-chanceˊ

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Noun.

1.

A game of hazard played with cards in silence.

[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Decker.

2.

A silent, stupid person.

[Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Mum′-chanceˊ

,

Adj.

Silent and idle.

[Colloq.]

Boys can’t sit

mum-chance

always.

J. H. Ewing.