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happenchance

[ hap-uhn-chans, -chahns ]

/ ˈhæp ənˌtʃæns, -ˌtʃɑns /

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Origin of happenchance

First recorded in 1875–80; happen + chance

Words nearby happenchance

haplotype, haply, ha'p'orth, happen, happen by, happenchance, happening, happen on, happen-so, happenstance, happi coat

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How to use happenchance in a sentence

A good deal of the night has gone, anyway, and I guess we can stick out the rest of it in Happenchance.
Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail|Burt L. Standish
Leaving the old house, they hurried to the spring, which they had located on their previous visit to Happenchance.
Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail|Burt L. Standish
What business has Barzy Blunt got around the old camp of Happenchance, where the professor's claim is located?
Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail|Burt L. Standish
Why, you remember how we left Happenchance in such a hurry, the time we went to the place and found the prof?
Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail|Burt L. Standish

The way this Brady falls afoul of us don't look like a happenchance, and yet I can't make anything else out of it.
Motor Matt's Hard Luck|Stanley R. Matthews