Example sentences from the Web for mumchance

Mumchance (WH286,a), a game of hazard with cards or dice: see Nares.
Early English Dramatists--Recently Recovered "Lost" Tudor Plays with some others|Various
Passage and Novem were games at dice, and mumchance one at cards.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 (of 15)|Robert Dodsley
Tell her so, for she sits there mumchance, and obliges me to find more inventions than three authors for one piece.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life|Honore de Balzac
So we continued our way; he one side of my lady chatting and smiling, and I on the other glum and mumchance.
The Admirable Lady Biddy Fane|Frank Barrett

mumchance

/ (ˈmʌmˌtʃɑːns) /

adjective

silent; struck dumb

Word Origin for mumchance

C16 (masquerade, dumb show): from Middle Low German mummenschanze masked serenade; from mummen (see mummer) + schanze chance

Words nearby mumchance

mum-and-dad investor, Mumbai, mumble, mumbletypeg, mumbo jumbo, mumchance, mu meson, Mumetal, Mumford, Muʾmin, mummer

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单词	mumchance
释义	Example sentences from the Web for mumchance Mumchance (WH286,a), a game of hazard with cards or dice: see Nares. Early English Dramatists--Recently Recovered "Lost" Tudor Plays with some others\|Various Passage and Novem were games at dice, and mumchance one at cards. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 (of 15)\|Robert Dodsley Tell her so, for she sits there mumchance, and obliges me to find more inventions than three authors for one piece. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life\|Honore de Balzac So we continued our way; he one side of my lady chatting and smiling, and I on the other glum and mumchance. The Admirable Lady Biddy Fane\|Frank Barrett mumchance / (ˈmʌmˌtʃɑːns) / adjective silent; struck dumb Word Origin for mumchance C16 (masquerade, dumb show): from Middle Low German mummenschanze masked serenade; from mummen (see mummer) + schanze chance Words nearby mumchance mum-and-dad investor, Mumbai, mumble, mumbletypeg, mumbo jumbo, mumchance, mu meson, Mumetal, Mumford, Muʾmin, mummer Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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