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welch

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welch  (wlch)
v.
Variant of welsh.
welch
Verb
same as welsh
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Verb1.welch - cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt
welsh
cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
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My son made a careful examination and sketch for me of a dun Belgian cart-horse with a double stripe on each shoulder and with leg-stripes; and a man, whom I can implicitly trust, has examined for me a small dun Welch pony with three short parallel stripes on each shoulder.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
Goddard's drawingroom; and of her having an upper maid who had lived fiveandtwenty years with her; and of their having eight cows, two of them Alderneys, and one a little Welch cow, a very pretty little Welch cow indeed; and of Mrs.
Emma by Austen, Jane View in context
Upon the 9th day of May, 1711, one James Welch came down to my cabin, and said, "he had orders from the captain to set me ashore.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
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