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Mum-chance

Mum-chance \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.

Mum-chance

Mum-chance \Mum"-chance`\, a. Silent and idle. [Colloq.]

Boys can't sit mum-chance always.
--J. H. Ewing.