welch

[ welch, welsh ]

/ wɛltʃ, wɛlʃ /

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verb (used without object) Informal: Sometimes Offensive.

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Origin of welch

First recorded in 1855–60; variant of welsh

OTHER WORDS FROM welch

welch·er, noun

Other definitions for welch (2 of 2)

Welch

[ welch, welsh ]

/ wɛltʃ, wɛlʃ /

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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How to use welch in a sentence

Historian Richard Hofstadter had named Welch and his group as prime examples in his seminal article, “The Paranoid Style in American Politics.”
Long before QAnon, Ronald Reagan and the GOP purged John Birch extremists from the party|Erick Trickey|January 15, 2021|Washington Post
Deliberately, he had welched on his promise to clear the Cubs!
Dan Carter and the Cub Honor|Mildred A. Wirt
"I could have stood it if the boys hadn't welched," he sobbed.
Victor Ollnee's Discipline|Hamlin Garland
He never welched, and even his most persistent enemies never accused him of double-dealing.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14)|Elbert Hubbard

And I'll be welched if Danvers didn't dig a wooden pail out of that hat-case and hand it over.
Shorty McCabe|Sewell Ford
A grub-stake's a grub-stake, an' no one iver yit said Patsy Kelliher welched on a bargain.
Snowdrift|James B. Hendryx

British Dictionary definitions for welch (1 of 2)

welch

/ (wɛlʃ) /

verb

a variant spelling of welsh

Derived forms of welch

welcher, noun

British Dictionary definitions for welch (2 of 2)

Welch

/ (wɛlʃ) /

adjective

an archaic spelling of Welsh 1

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