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

"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

He was a retail welsher; he lacked the nerve for sweeping enterprises.

From South Wind by Douglas, Norman

But I wasn't just a limpin', squintin' little welsher; I was something that could feel the meaning of things and the reason for them, just like you can feel 'eat and cold.

From The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories by Gibbon, Perceval