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happenchance

[ hap-uh n-chans, -chahns ]

/ ˈhæp ənˌtʃæns, -ˌtʃɑns /

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noun

RELATED WORDS

accident, advantage, adventure, break, cast, casualty, coincidence, contingency, destination, destiny, doom, fluke, fortuity, fortune, future, gamble, hap, haphazard, happening, happenstance

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Origin of happenchance

First recorded in 1875–80; happen + chance

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for happenchance

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
You hired him to go to Happenchance after the stuff you had left there?
Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail|Burt L. Standish
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