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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
welsh
 
PRONUNCIATION:  wlsh,   wlch
VARIANT FORMS: also welch (  wlch)
INTRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: welshed also welched, welsh·ing, welch·ing, welsh·es, welch·es
Informal 1. To swindle a person by not paying a debt or wager. 2. To fail to fulfill an obligation.
ETYMOLOGY:Origin unknown.
OTHER FORMS:welsher —NOUN
 
 
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