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
Well, I tows her into the boss's office, feelin' as mean as a welsher.
From Torchy by George Brehm
"Quite a plunge on a long shot, with a welsher like Collator! making the book," commented Loring.
From Five Thousand an Hour : how Johnny Gamble won the heiress by George Randolph Chester
"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
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