welsh
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Probably from welch, spelling influenced by Welsh, used disparagingly. Compare gyp (“swindle”), from gypsy (“Roma”), and jew (“defraud”), from Jew.
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welsh (third-person singular simple present welshes, present participle welshing, simple past and past participle welshed)
- (pejorative) to swindle someone by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt
