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mum·chance
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mumchanceadjective
Mute, or not speaking; silent.
Etymology: From mommen and mummenschantze, from momen and cheance
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Mumchance
Mumchance or Momchaunce was a 16th-century dice or card game involving betting. The game involved silence or bluff, the first syllable "mum" is related to the phrase "keep mum". A version played was cards was sometimes identified as "mumchance-at-cards". The word can also mean mummery. Mumchance was played at the court of Henry VIII of England. In October 1518 Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey played mumchance with French diplomats at Westminster Palace after a banquet and a masque. In January 1527, Henry VIII came to the hall at Hampton Court, in a company disguised as a French noblemen in costumes of satin and gold resembling shepherd's clothing, requesting a game of mumchance with the "excellent fair dames". James VI of Scotland played mumchance in 1590 during his trip to Denmark.Allusions to the game, usually referring to exposure to foolish risk, appear in plays and correspondence. Francis Beaumont of Bedworth wrote to Anne Newdigate, that he "having before more unadvisedlie than wiselie haszarded so worthy a Ladies favoure upon a mum chaunce, my diseased soule ... could finde no rest".
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mumchance in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mumchance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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