Welsher

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  • n. Alternative spelling of welcher.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A swindling better or book-maker on a race-track; one who absconds without paying his losses, or what is due to others on account of money deposited with him for betting. Also written welcher.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    chiseller    defrauder    swindler    scammer    gouger    chiseler    grifter   
    Variant
    welcher   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    funker    jibber    weakener    recreant   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    stook    drawbar    onlyto    ruminating    whowill    people-the    straight-away    entities'    'tll    flatbed