mumchance

/ ˈmʌmˌtʃɑːns /

adjective

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

So we continued our way; he one side of my lady chatting and smiling, and I on the other glum and mumchance.

Are they obliged to sit mumchance, and to be ordered about till they are the laughing-stock of young and old?

Are they obliged to sit mumchance, and to be ordered about till they are the laughingstock of young and old?

Passage and Novem were games at dice, and mumchance one at cards.

Mumchance (WH286,a), a game of hazard with cards or dice: see Nares.

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