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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)

  1. (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
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wels

English

Etymology

From German Wels, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)k?álos (“sheatfish”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -?ls

Noun

wels (plural wels)

  1. The wels catfish (Silurus glanis)

Anagrams

  • ESWL, lews, slew

Cornish

Noun

wels

  1. Soft mutation of gwels.

wels From the web:

  • what welsh call a moor
  • what welsh
  • what welsh means
  • what welsh sounds like
  • what welshmen do when they're bored
  • what welsh words are used in english
  • what welsh teams play in england
  • what welsh call a moor crossword
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