Mum-chance

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mum-chance \Mum"-chance`\, n.
     1. A game of hazard played with cards in silence. [Obs. or
        Prov. Eng.] --Decker.
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     2. A silent, stupid person. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mum-chance \Mum"-chance`\, a.
     Silent and idle. [Colloq.]
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           Boys can't sit mum-chance always.        --J. H. Ewing.
     [1913 Webster] mu-meson