Mum-chance

·adj Silent and idle.

II. Mum-chance ·noun A silent, stupid person.

III. Mum-chance ·noun A game of hazard played with cards in silence.

Mum
·adj Silent; not speaking. II. Mum ·interj Be silent! Hush!. III. Mum ·noun <<Silence>>. IV. Mum ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
mum
An interjection directing silence. Mum for that; I shall be silent as to that. As mute as Mumchance,...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Chance
·adv By chance; perchance. II. Chance ·adj Happening by chance; casual. III. Chance ·noun <<Probab...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Chance
(Luke 10:31). "It was not by chance that the priest came down by that road at that time, but by a sp...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
mum glass
The monument erected on Fish-street Hill, London, in memory of the great fire in 1666. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Chance-medley
·noun Luck; chance; accident. II. Chance-medley ·noun The killing of another in self-defense upon a...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
smart chance
1) A good opportunity; a fair chance. A vulgar expression. He has a smart chance of getting a bette...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.