Mum"-chance` (?), n.
1.
A game of hazard played with cards in silence.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Decker.
2.
A silent, stupid person.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
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Mum"-chance`, a.
Silent and idle.
[Colloq.]
Boys can't sit mum-chance always.
J. H. Ewing.
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