welcher
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a word derived from
welch.
Example Sentences
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Post me for a welcher if she wasn't rigged out in the same kind of a chorus costume that she wore when we saw her last, over there in It'ly!
From Shorty McCabe by F. Vaux (Francis Vaux) Wilson
The jockey rocketed over his head and lay still, but Young Morpheus, being a thoroughbred and no welcher, ran on and came slashing in to the finish.
From Seeds of Pine by Janey Canuck
Epsom knew him once as a welcher; and knew him no more.
From The Dark Star by William Dodge Stevens
But do it like a good sport—like a good loser—and not be a whiner or welcher.
From Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' by Douglas (Douglas N.) Hay
But he was a welcher, and I knew it.
From Torchy As A Pa by Sewell Ford