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[syn: welcher, welsher]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Welsher \Welsh"er\, n.
One who cheats at a horse race; one who bets, without a
chance of being able to pay; one who receives money to back
certain horses and absconds with it. [Written also
welcher.] [Slang, Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
welsher
n 1: someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager
[syn: welcher, welsher]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "welsher":
clock watcher, defaulter, delinquent, eye-servant, goldbrick,
goldbricker, levanter, malingerer, nonpayer, old soldier, shirk,
shirker, skulk, skulker, slacker, soldier, tax dodger, tax evader,
truant