welsher

  • 1Welsher — Welsh er, n. One who cheats at a horse race; one who bets, without a chance of being able to pay; one who receives money to back certain horses and absconds with it. [Written also {welcher}.] [Slang, Eng.] [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2welsher — noun see welsh …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 3welsher — See welsh. * * * …

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  • 4Welsher — noun A person of Welsh descent; a Welshman …

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  • 5welsher — Synonyms and related words: clock watcher, defaulter, delinquent, eye servant, goldbrick, goldbricker, levanter, malingerer, nonpayer, old soldier, shirk, shirker, skulk, skulker, slacker, soldier, tax dodger, tax evader, truant …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 6welsher — welsh·er || welʃə(r) n. (Slang) one who avoids payment of gambling debt (sometimes offensive) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 7welsher — welsh·er …

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  • 8welsher — A person who fails to pay when lie loses a bet. A person who makes bets or receives money to bet and absconds without paying his losses or returning the money entrusted to him. People v Monroe, 349 111270, 182 NE 439, 85 ALR 605 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 9welsher — noun someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager • Syn: ↑welcher • Derivationally related forms: ↑welsh • Hypernyms: ↑swindler, ↑defrauder, ↑chiseller, ↑ …

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  • 10welcher — Welsher Welsh er, n. One who cheats at a horse race; one who bets, without a chance of being able to pay; one who receives money to back certain horses and absconds with it. [Written also {welcher}.] [Slang, Eng.] [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English