Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of chance
nounchancing (plural chancings)
plural chancings
- Something that happens by chance.
I did not know what better or worse / Chancings might bless or curse […]
1922, Thomas Hardy, A Procession of Dead Days1 more example
Although some of the subjects treated of are deciduous, all of them last for seasons; and such is the intention of the book, whatever may be its chance in a world of chancings.
1832, Robert Mudie, The Botanic Annual, page viii - Philippinessexual advance with suggestive body contact
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