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

In fact, it is generally spoken of as the Costermonger’s race, at which a mere welsher is a comparatively respectable character, and every man in a good coat a swell. 

From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey

He fought a welsher," pursued the Vicar, "just before riding in a race.

From The Astonishing History of Troy Town by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

"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