welch
See also: Welch
English
Etymology
Alternative form of welsh, from Welsh.
Pronunciation
Noun
welch (plural welches)
- A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one.
- She's a welch. That watering-can isn't hers: I lent it to her three years ago.
Verb
welch (third-person singular simple present welches, present participle welching, simple past and past participle welched)
- To fail to repay a small debt.
- To fail to fulfill an obligation.
- Lt. Col. Frank Slade (Al Pacino), speaking to his caretaker in Scent of a Woman:
- I welched. I'm a welcher. Didn't I tell you?
- 1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)
- MICHAEL: Clemenza promised Rosato three territories in the Bronx after he died, and then you took over and welched.
- Lt. Col. Frank Slade (Al Pacino), speaking to his caretaker in Scent of a Woman:
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