different between welsh vs hughes
welsh
English
Alternative forms
- welch
- Welsh
Etymology
Sometimes suggested to derive from disparaging stereotypes of the Welsh (“people from Wales”), though firm evidence of this derivation is lacking. Compare gyp (“swindle”) (probably from gypsy (“Roma”)), and jew (“defraud”), from Jew.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /w?l?/
Verb
welsh (third-person singular simple present welshes, present participle welshing, simple past and past participle welshed)
- (offensive) To swindle someone by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt.
Usage notes
- The use of this term is sometimes considered offensive, especially by Welsh people, because it is taken as a negative stereotype of the Welsh.
See also
- gyp
- jew down
References
welsh From the web:
- what welsh call a moor
- what welsh sounds like
- what welsh means
- what welsh words are used in english
- what welshmen do when they're bored
- what welsh call a moor crossword
- what welsh county is snowdonia in
- what welsh health board am i in
hughes
hughes From the web:
- what hughes syndrome
- hughes meaning
- hughes what's missing calculator
- hughes what happens to a dream deferred
- hughes what is environmental history
- hughes what does it mean
- what is hughes net
- what did hughes do to michael
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