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MUMCHANCE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
chiefly dialectal : to be silent out of caution or stupidity .
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Mumchance - Wikipedia
Mumchance or momchaunce was a 16th-century dice or card game involving betting. The game involved silence or bluff.
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mumchance - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English mommen (“mutter, be silent”) and Middle High German mummenschantze (“game of chance as part of a masquerade, mime performance, revel”)
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mumchance
▪ I. mumchance, n. and a. (ˈmʌmtʃɑːns, -æ-) Forms: 6 mom(me)cha(u)nce, mumchaunce, Sc. mwmschance, 6–7 mumschance, 7 mummechaunce, 6– mumchance. [a. MLG. mummenschanze, -kanze a certain game of dice, also, a masked serenade (= MDu. mommecanse, mod.G. mummen-, mummschanz), f. mummen mum v. + schanz a...
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MUMCHANCE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Mumchance definition: silent; struck dumb. See examples of MUMCHANCE used in a sentence.
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MUMCHANCE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
Silent; struck dumb.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
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mumchance, n. & adj. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the word mumchance is in the early 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for mumchance is from 1528, in Rede Me and be nott Wrothe ...
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mumchance - American Heritage Dictionary Entry
adj. Silent or untalkative: “Usually they were mumchance villains, but the excitement about the discovery made them chatter” (T. H. ...
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Mumchance - World Wide Words
Mumchance is to stay silent, with a hint that to do so may be a sign of inferior intellect. In fact, in some English dialects its main sense has been remaining ...
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"mumchance" definitions and more: Silent game involving mimed ...
▸ adjective: Mute, or not speaking; silent. · ▸ noun: An old game of chance played with cards in silence. · ▸ noun: A silent, stupid person. Similar: obmutescent, ...
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mumchance, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the verb mumchance is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for mumchance is from 1606, in the writing of William Birnie, ...
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William Stewart (courtier)
The king also played a dice game called "mumchance" and lost 41 dalers.
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