Welsher


verb (used without object), Informal: Sometimes Offensive.
1.
to cheat by failing to pay a gambling debt:
You aren’t going to welsh on me, are you?
2.
to go back on one’s word:
He welshed on his promise to help in the campaign.
verb (slang) (intransitive) often foll by on
1.
to fail to pay a gambling debt
2.
to fail to fulfil an obligation
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or characteristic of Wales, its people, their Celtic language, or their dialect of English
noun
2.
a language of Wales, belonging to the S Celtic branch of the Indo-European family. Welsh shows considerable diversity between dialects
3.
(functioning as pl) the Welsh, the natives or inhabitants of Wales collectively
noun
1.
a white long-bodied lop-eared breed of pig, kept chiefly for bacon
well-oiled

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