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Meaning of WELSHER

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager
 
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 Synonyms: welcher
 
 See Also: chiseler, chiseller, gouger, scammer, sharper, sharpie, sharpy, swindler

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Welsh"er\, n.
One who cheats at a horse race; one who bets, without a
chance of being able to pay; one who receives money to back
certain horses and absconds with it. [Written also
{welcher}.] [Slang, Eng.]
 

 

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