welcher
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9.7
- noun
- /ˈwɛltʃər/
- Offensive
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gorrón
- The consensus is that you are indeed a welcher and that you don't know what you are talking about when it comes to the 49ers and QBs.
Examples
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Down in the Flats, there were almost no welchers because the word would get around, and you would be marked a deadbeat.
Fiction book (2000) -
No welcher tells Ferraro where he can go.
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It makes you a welcher.
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And reminding you that you are a welcher and ignorant about all things football.
Blog text (8) -
But there's only one way to handle welchers.
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He couldn't believe that his friend was such a welcher for not paying him back after losing the bet.
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In the gambling community, being labeled a welcher can ruin your reputation for good.
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After losing the poker game, he became a notorious welcher when he refused to pay his debts.
Synonyms
1
9.9
A person who does not pay money they owe after losing a bet
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7.1
A person who fails to pay money they owe
Antonyms
How Honest
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2.1
- Offensive
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9.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Welcher comes from the old slang verb welsh, which meant 'to cheat' or 'not pay' and may come from unfair ideas about people from Wales. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a welcher as someone who 'welshes' on a debt and refuses to pay what they owe.