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
He was a retail welsher; he lacked the nerve for sweeping enterprises.
From South Wind by Douglas, Norman
"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
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
