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(wĕlsh, wĕlch) pronunciation also welch (wĕlch)
intr.v. Informal, welshed, also welched, welsh·ing, welch·ing, welsh·es, welch·es.
  1. To swindle a person by not paying a debt or wager.
  2. To fail to fulfill an obligation.

[Origin unknown.]

welsher welsh'er n.

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IN BRIEF: To cheat by avoiding payments on a bet.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - snyde vinder af væddemål ved at stikke af med indsatserne

adj. - walisisk
n. - waliser

Nederlands (Dutch)
bewoners van Wales, taal van Wales

Français (French)
v. intr. - faire faux bond à (injur), manquer à (injur)

adj. - gallois
n. - Gallois, (Ling) gallois

Deutsch (German)
v. - Schulden nicht zahlen, seinen Pflichten nicht nachkommen

n. - Walliser, Wallisisch
adj. - wallisisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - (οι) Ουαλοί
n. - ουαλική (γλώσσα)
adj. - ουαλικός, Ουαλός
v. - εξαπατώ, αθετώ υπόσχεση ή υποχρέωση (πληρωμής)

Italiano (Italian)
gallese

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - galeses (m pl)
n. - natural do país de Gales (m)
adj. - galês

Русский (Russian)
валлийцы, уэльсцы, валлийский, уэльский язык, валлийский, уэльский, скрыться не уплатив, не сдержать обещания

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - alzarse con el santo y la limosna

adj. - galés, de Gales
n. - idioma galés

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - walesarna
n. - walesiska
adj. - walesisk
v. - lura (sl.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
威尔士的, 威尔士人

不付赌金而溜掉, 食言, 逃避履行义务

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 威爾士的
n. - 威爾士人

v. intr. - 不付賭金而溜掉, 食言, 逃避履行義務

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 도박 빛을 안 갚고 속이다, 약속을 어기다

adj. - 웨일즈의, 웨일즈 사람의
n. - 웨일즈 말, 웨일즈 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ウェールズ語, ウェールズ人
adj. - ウェールズの, ウェールズ人の
v. - 破る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الجمع) الويليزيون أي سكان ويلز في إنكلترا (الاسم) الويلزيه أي لغه أقليم ويلز (صفه) ويلزي (فعل) لا يدفع دينه, يتراجع عن كلمته‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התחמק מתשלום או מהתחייבות, השתמט, הפר הבטחה‬
adj. - ‮של וולס, העם הוולשי או השפה הוולשית‬
n. - ‮ולשית (שפה)‬


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