Sekirov Dictionary

mumchance

UK /ˈmʌm.tʃɑːns/US /ˈmʌm.t͡ʃæns/

noun 2
adjective 1
forms 3

noun2

•
An old game of chance played with cards in silence.
- Bear and wolf, look to your prisoner—prance, hobby—hiss, dragon, and halloo, boys—we grow older every moment we stand idle, and life is too short to be spent in playing mumchance. — 1820
•
A silent, stupid person.
- I'm not such a mumchance, to be sure, but I've as good a fortune — 1830

adjective1

•
Mute, or not speaking; silent.
- I wrote Miss Crane off as mediocre because although she chatted quite pleasantly and intelligently over coffee she was mostly mumpchance at the dinner table. Oh, not mumpchance tout court. — 1966

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