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welching

  • present participle of welch.

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Away from home, there is no question of the UK welching on its support for Ukraine - but there are no answers yet about how long the war will go on, or how it ends.

From BBC Oct. 22, 2022

Came Dec. 15 and the welching of European states on their war debts to the U. S. had almost ceased to be news.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I don't know—I'll have to think—if you are the legal owner——" "You're welching," he told her amiably.

From A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today by Raine, William MacLeod

In the recent deflation in commodity values, there was widespread "welching" among business men who had theretofore been classed as reputable.

From The Constitution of the United States A Brief Study of the Genesis, Formulation and Political Philosophy of the Constitution by Beck, James M. (James Montgomery)

I know I'm no good at analysis, and that's as close as I can come to accounting for my welching, the third week out.

From The Range Dwellers by Bower, B. M.

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