welsher
Example Sentences
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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
"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 Richard Savage
The boy hung his head, but looked sulky rather than thankful for his brother's interference with himself and the welsher.
From Under Two Flags by Ouida
And then I knew that Mr. Copley, the African millionaire, was one and the same with the welsher that I had seen half killed at Lincoln a good many years ago.
From Hard Pressed by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
