welch

Alternative form of welsh, from Welsh.

• IPA^(key): /wɛltʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɛltʃ

welch (plural welches)

1. A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one.

   She's a welch. That watering-can isn't hers: I lent it to her three years ago.

welch (third-person singular simple present welches, present participle welching, simple past and past participle welched)

1. To fail to repay a small debt.
2. To fail to fulfill an obligation.
   • Lt. Col. Frank Slade (Al Pacino), speaking to his caretaker in Scent of a Woman:

     I welched. I'm a welcher. Didn't I tell you?

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