Definitions of welcher. (offensive) someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager. synonyms: welsher. type of: chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler. a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
Etymology. From Middle High German welich, from Old High German welih, wilih, from Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz.
Meaning of welch in English
to avoid doing something you have promised to do, especially not to pay a debt: He's never welched on a debt - he always pays up. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Avoiding action. abrogate.
The verb welsh and the noun welsher are sometimes perceived as insulting to or by the Welsh, the people of Wales.
Deadbeat specifically means someone who doesn't pay back money borrowed, or debts owed, ever. A deadbeat borrows, and betrays trust of family and friends. A moocher or a sponge or a freeloader or a scrounger have similar meanings to each other, but different than deadbeat.
A hussy is a woman or girl who's disrespectful or immoral. Your old fashioned grandmother might call your brother's live-in girlfriend a hussy. The noun hussy is an insulting and somewhat antique way to refer to a woman whose actions don't line up with traditional ideas of being respectable.
mo·sey ˈmō-zē moseyed; moseying. intransitive verb. : to hurry away. : to move in a leisurely or aimless manner : saunter.
Meaning:the tall hill. Kinnard as a boy's name is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Kinnard is "the tall hill".
noun. leg [noun] one of the limbs by which animals and man walk.
Slang. a man who is notably virile and sexually active. a handsome man with an attractive physique; a hunk.
Heterosexual [sexual orientation]: Referring to men who are attracted to women or women who are attracted to men. Often referred to as “straight.”
Bookies make money by charging a fee on each bet they take, known as the "vigorish" or the "vig,” and pay out money when their customers win a bet.
Buck - A $100 bet. Chalk - The favorite in a game. Consensus - Percentage of the betting public on each side of a game. Some bettors will bet against the "public money" (whichever team more bettors have placed their bets on).
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Debtors are individuals or businesses that owe money, whether to banks or other individuals. Debtors are often called borrowers if the money owed is to a bank or financial institution, however, they are called issuers if the debt is in the form of securities.
Definitions of welsher. (offensive) someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager. synonyms: welcher. type of: chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler. a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
Welch is a surname that comes from the Old English word welisċ, meaning 'foreign' (from walhaz). It was used to describe those of Celtic or Welsh origin. Welch and another common surname, Walsh, share this derivation.
[Middle English Walische, from Old English Wælisc, from Wealh, foreigner, Welshman, Celt, probably ultimately from a Celtic tribal name; akin to Latin Volcae, a confederation of Celtic tribes of the late first millennium bc, from a Celtic source perhaps akin to Welsh gwalch, hawk.] 1.
[ welsh-muhn, welch- ] SHOW IPA. / ˈwɛlʃ mən, ˈwɛltʃ- / PHONETIC RESPELLING. noun, plural Welsh·men. a native or inhabitant of Wales.
The surname of Welch can be traced to the Anglo-Saxon people of the 5th Century, and then throughout history until the Vikings of the 7th Century. This surname of Welch was used to describe the native peoples of any area that they were looking to conquer.
Welsh·wom·an
(wĕlsh′wo͝om′ən, wĕlch′-) n. 1. A woman who is a native or inhabitant of Wales.
When someone refuses to pay a bet, we say that they have welched on it. This expression originated in the 1860s in English horse racing slang and very likely is an insult geared towards Welsh people, which resulted from the xenophobic mistrust of the people-group by the English.
To welch or welsh is slang meaning to renege on a bet or agreement. The word started life as an ethnic slur, implying the Welsh people were dishonest, Welch being an older spelling variant of Welsh. As such use of the word is best avoided.
The American Heritage Dictionary and Online Etymology Dictionary quotes the OED it may derive from the Italian pazzo (“madman”), and south Italian dialect paccio (“fool”).
or Swandri (ˈswɒnˌdraɪ ) nounWord forms: plural -dris. trademark New Zealand. an all-weather heavy woollen shirt. Also called: swannie (ˈswɒnɪ )