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welsh (v.)

renege, default, backpedal, back/pull out, weasel/worm out of, cheat, swindle. Although this term may or may not have anything to do with the people of Wales, it is considered a slur by them; the Welsh American Legal Defense and Development Foundation has persuaded several news organizations to avoid the terms welshing and welsher.


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