welsher

3 definitions found

welsher - 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]

welsher - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  welsher
      n 1: someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager
           [syn: welcher, welsher]

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