welch

[welch, welsh]

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verb (used without object) Informal.

welsh.

Related formswelch·er, noun

Welch¹

[welch, welsh]

adjective, noun

Welsh.

Welch²

[welch, welsh]

noun

James,1940–2003, U.S. poet and novelist.
Joseph Nye,1890–1960, U.S. trial lawyer.
Robert, Jr.,1899–1985, U.S. candy manufacturer: founder of the John Birch Society 1958.
William Henry,1850–1934, U.S. medical pathologist and educator.

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Examples from the Web for welch

Contemporary Examples

“It was stuck in there by somebody, and nobody seems to know who,” said Welch.
Wisconsin’s GOP Secession Panic
David Freedlander
May 2, 2014
Welch interrupted, offering a smile that signaled pure exhaustion and defeat.
The Heroin Hearing That Wasn’t
Abby Haglage
April 30, 2014
“I love the forest and the tree vistas and looking at the mushrooms,” Welch says.
The Foraging Wars: Extreme Eating Hits California
Debra A. Klein
January 31, 2014
Welch argues that there was considerably more viewpoint diversity in the 1940s than there is now.
Could There Be A Conservative LA Times?
Megan McArdle
April 26, 2013
Welch is searching for something that doesn't exist in his op-ed.
Buckley, Birchers, Tea and the Fringe
Justin Green
December 5, 2012

Historical Examples

The third, old and prudent, and inured to Welch warfare, thought otherwise.
Harold, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Not even thy Welch spies, son of Godwin, have gained to the heights.
Harold, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
"The Earl puts all his men on Welch diet," said the captain, apologetically.
Harold, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The Welch moels (or beacon-rocks) are manned by our warders.
Harold, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Welch knew what he was talking about when he said he saw Whiteman to-day.
Roughing It
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

British Dictionary definitions for welch

welch

verb

a variant spelling of welsh

Derived Formswelcher, noun

Welch

adjective

an archaic spelling of Welsh 1

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Word Origin and History for welch

v.

1857, racing slang, "to refuse or avoid payment of money laid as a bet," probably a disparaging use of the national name Welsh. Related: Welched; welching.

welch in Medicine

Welch

(wĕlch, wĕlsh)William Henry 1850-1934

American pathologist and bacteriologist who discovered the bacteria that causes gas gangrene.

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Examples from the Web for welch

Contemporary Examples

“It was stuck in there by somebody, and nobody seems to know who,” said Welch.

Welch interrupted, offering a smile that signaled pure exhaustion and defeat.

“I love the forest and the tree vistas and looking at the mushrooms,” Welch says.

Welch argues that there was considerably more viewpoint diversity in the 1940s than there is now.

Welch is searching for something that doesn't exist in his op-ed.

Historical Examples

The third, old and prudent, and inured to Welch warfare, thought otherwise.

Not even thy Welch spies, son of Godwin, have gained to the heights.

"The Earl puts all his men on Welch diet," said the captain, apologetically.

The Welch moels (or beacon-rocks) are manned by our warders.

Welch knew what he was talking about when he said he saw Whiteman to-day.

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v.

Welch

Welch¹

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Word Origin and History for welch