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welsh

  [welsh, welch]
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–verb (used without object) Informal: Sometimes Offensive.
1. to cheat by failing to pay a gambling debt: You aren't going to welsh on me, are you?
2. to go back on one's word: He welshed on his promise to help in the campaign.
Also, welch.

Origin:
1855–60; perh. special use of Welsh

Related forms:
welsher, noun
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welsh   (wělsh, wělch)   
intr.v.   welshed also welched, welsh·ing also welch·ing, welsh·es also welch·es Informal

  1. To swindle a person by not paying a debt or wager.

  2. To fail to fulfill an obligation.


[Origin unknown.]
welsh'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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