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welsher1|ˈwɛlʃə(r)|
Also † welcher.
[Cf. welsh v.]
A bookmaker at a race-meeting, who takes money for a bet, and absconds or refuses to pay if he loses.
1860W. P. Lennox Pict. Sporting Life I. 119 A gang of miscreants called Welchers, who make bets with the unwary, which they never dream of paying if they lose. 1868E. Yates Rocks Ahead iii. v, I know him, a defaulting ring⁓man, a mere common welsher. 1912Times 24 Apr. 3/4 Counsel said..the real definite charge was that the plaintiff was a welsher.
transf.1863M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd xvii, He was..a ‘welsher’ in the matter of marbles and hardbake before his fifth birthday. 1904Sladen Playing the Game ii. iii, The Japanese traders who dealt with them were, many of them, welshers who looked to repudiations for their profits. |