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Welsher

noun
(Written also welcher)
1.
Someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager.  Synonym: welcher.






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"Welsher" Quotes from Famous Books



... wife, yet even the censorious could but admit that the Cuban's manner offered no ground for offence. He came to Goodwood 'on his own hook,' as society put it: and every man who wears a decent coat and is not a welsher has a right to enjoy the prettiest race-course in England. He spent a considerable part of the day in Lesbia's company; but since she was the centre of a little crowd all the time, there could be no offence in this. He was a stranger, knowing very few people, and having nothing ...
— Phantom Fortune, A Novel • M. E. Braddon



Words linked to "Welsher" :   welsh, scammer, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, swindler, defrauder, welcher, grifter



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