mumchance

/ (ˈmʌmˌtʃɑːns) /

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adjective

silent; struck dumb

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Word Origin for mumchance

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

Words nearby mumchance

Mumbai, mumble, mumblecore, mumbletypeg, mumbo jumbo, mumchance, mu meson, Mumetal, Mumford, Muʾmin, mummer

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How to use mumchance in a sentence

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
Are they obliged to sit mumchance, and to be ordered about till they are the laughing-stock of young and old?
Barnaby Rudge|Charles Dickens
Are they obliged to sit mumchance, and to be ordered about till they are the laughingstock of young and old?
Dickens As an Educator|James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
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

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