Magnus Spadebeard, korsets krosser, welsher perfyddye. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
Now, are you a welsher as well as a proven plagiarist?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Right-wing publications receive exclusive credentials to cover the Tea Party Convention.] Reference
"And last time I take an assignment from you, welsher," Sam retorted. From Wordnik.com. [Villains by Necessity]
"Oh, that's only a welsher," he said; "he's bolting with other people's money.". From Wordnik.com. [Punch Among the Planets] Reference
Okay, now what I'm saying is that it's not his body, it's his soul that's a welsher. From Wordnik.com. [More Twisted Stories Vol II]
He knows every rook and welsher and every swell magsman, and all their haunts and habits. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
And just to show you I'm not a welsher, even when I'm not responsible, tell you what I'll do. From Wordnik.com. [The Weapon Shops of Isher]
He would look at home beating up some welsher in an alley or sitting in a bar with sawdust on the floor. From Wordnik.com. [All Together Dead]
He is a debtor and a welsher and a liar and he does not do the things he promises he will do for his partners. From Wordnik.com. [Six Bad Things]
Well, I tows her into the boss's office, feelin 'as mean as a welsher. From Wordnik.com. [Torchy] Reference
He was a retail welsher; he lacked the nerve for sweeping enterprises. From Wordnik.com. [South Wind] Reference
"Quite a plunge on a long shot, with a welsher like Collator! making the book," commented Loring. From Wordnik.com. [Five Thousand an Hour : how Johnny Gamble won the heiress] Reference
Dumping your old pet to die slowly, out of your sight, makes you a welsher, a four-flusher, and a coward. From Wordnik.com. [Nashville Scene - Pith in the Wind] Reference
Masters had been Darrow's law partner, and he disdained the Chicago loudmouth as a headline-hogging welsher. From Wordnik.com. [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference
The mob hated the common informers as bitterly as a well-dressed crowd at a race-course in our own time hates a "welsher.". From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4)] Reference
Costermonger's race, at which a mere welsher is a comparatively respectable character, and every man in a good coat a swell. From Wordnik.com. [The Gypsies] Reference
I said, “Don't go welshing any more;” and to the prisoner, “If you ever again see a welsher in distress, don't help him.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Reminiscences Of Sir Henry Hawkins]
When the informer was got hold of by his enemies he was usually treated very much after the fashion in which the welsher is handled to-day. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4)] Reference
"Anstruther is no welsher," and, as he rang for his hot water and a morning refresher, he picked up the little note with an eager curiosity. From Wordnik.com. [A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story] Reference
No welsher can hope for admission to one of the enclosed courses after he is once fairly caught, and my victim whimpered, "Come in yere and 'ave a drink.". From Wordnik.com. [The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary] Reference
They got on money matters; and, seeing plain how she'd been bilked, my wife gave the welsher a bit of her mind, and he showed his teeth in a way that meant. From Wordnik.com. [The Dop Doctor] Reference
I felt I should never trust myself again, if I turned welsher -- that's the word, isn't it? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes] Reference
Walking around the welsher. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Ledge - Stephen King] Reference
"You're not a welsher, are you?". From Wordnik.com. [So Hard To Forget]
Last year they tore a welsher pretty nigh to pieces, and this year, if you don't 'part,' they'll do it quite. ". From Wordnik.com. [Stories By English Authors: Italy (Selected by Scribners)] Reference
He's a born welsher, anyhow. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man] Reference
To the prosecutor (the welsher). From Wordnik.com. [The Reminiscences Of Sir Henry Hawkins]
He would let no one say he was a "welsher.". From Wordnik.com. [Purple Springs] Reference
"And you're the man who called me a welsher!". From Wordnik.com. [The Intrusion of Jimmy] Reference
A welsher,” and there wasn’t a soul in the train to. From Wordnik.com. [Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells] Reference
"-- of a common welsher," he concluded. From Wordnik.com. [The Intrusion of Jimmy] Reference
He’d be called a welsher. From Wordnik.com. [Hearts] Reference
"No one shall call me a welsher in my bar. From Wordnik.com. [Esther Waters] Reference
A welsher in the end: I’ll have had my fling. From Wordnik.com. [Krindlesyke] Reference
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