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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1606
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Mum(s)chance, v. [f. Mum(s)chance,n.] intr. To masquerade, ‘playact’. — 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. vii.
In steed of mourning in the dust, as they did oft-tymes, we mumchance and mourgean in such dilicate duilles
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