welsher

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Not even a shipment of California smog had arrived on the prevailing westerlies, and Baltimore Mayor Theodore McKeldin, 66, might have been tempted to think that Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty, 57, was a welsher.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was a swindler, a welsher, a cad, and a rogue.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

He gave the preference to the race-track. "—of a common welsher," he concluded.

From The Intrusion of Jimmy by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

"Make me!" retorted the "welsher," defiant in his stout-built square strength, and ready to brazen the matter out.

From Under Two Flags by Ouida

"Anstruther is no welsher," and, as he rang for his hot water and a morning refresher, he picked up the little note with an eager curiosity.

From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Savage, Richard