MUM-CHANCE

n. a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A game of hazard played with cards in silence. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Decker.

2.
n.

A silent, stupid person. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

3.
a.

Silent and idle. [Colloq.] Boys can't sit mum-chance always. J. H. Ewing.

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