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welsh

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welsh  (wlsh, wlch) also welch (wlch)
intr.v. welshed also welched, welsh·ing also welch·ing, welsh·es also welch·es Informal
1. To swindle a person by not paying a debt or wager.
2. To fail to fulfill an obligation.

[Origin unknown.]

welsher n.

welsh or welch
Verb
welsh on to fail to pay (a debt) or fulfil (an obligation) [origin unknown]

Welsh
Adjective
of Wales
Noun
a Celtic language spoken in some parts of Wales
Noun, pl
the Welsh the people of Wales [Old English Wēlisc, Wǣlisc]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Welsh - a native or resident of Wales
Cambria, Cymru, Wales - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria
European - a native or inhabitant of Europe
2.Welsh - a Celtic language of Wales
Brittanic, Brythonic - a southern group of Celtic languages
Cambria, Cymru, Wales - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria
3.Welsh - a breed of dual-purpose cattle developed in Wales
Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"
Verb1.welsh - cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt
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"
Adj.1.Welsh - of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language; "the Welsh coast"; "Welsh syntax"
Translations
Spanish Welsh [wɛlʃ] adjgalés/esa
n (LING) → galés m;
the Welsh npllos galeses;
the Welsh Assembly → el Parlamento galés

French Welsh [wɛlʃ] adjgallois(e)
n (Ling) → gallois m;
the Welsh npl (= people) → les Gallois

German Welsh [wɛlʃ] adjwalisisch
n (Ling) → Walisisch nt;
the Welsh npldie Waliser pl

Italian Welsh [wɛlʃ] adjgallese
n (LING) → gallese m;
the Welsh npli gallesi;
the Welsh National Assembly → il Parlamento gallese

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As, however, the oldest Welsh manuscripts are of the twelfth century, it is again very difficult to prove that any of the poems were really written by those old poets.
Clementina," she explained, "insisted upon a Welsh rabbit after her lesson.
Jealous as Arthur Welsh was of all who inflicted gay badinage, however gentlemanly, on Maud Peters, he never forgot that he was an artist.
 
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