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 gave the preference to the race-track. "—of a common welsher," he concluded.

From The Intrusion of Jimmy by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

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

He vowed I was a low down swindler and a "welsher," whatever that is.

From The Postmaster by Lincoln, Joseph C.