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单词 welsher
例句 welsher
He was a swindler, a welsher, a cad, and a rogue. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
Still, if I could catch him, it would take more than Condy’s Fluid to disinfect that pea-green welsher after I’d done with him.” The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z
He vowed I was a low down swindler and a "welsher," whatever that is. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z
The arm of the law has been found long enough to punish as thieves “welshers,” who receive and make off with deposits on bets which they never mean to pay if they lose. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z
Those of the High Mob were the flourishing practitioners in burglary, the mag, the mace, and the broads, with an outer fringe of such dippers—such pick-pockets—as could dress well, welshers, and snides-men. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z
And then I knew that Mr. Copley, the African millionaire, was one and the same with the welsher that I had seen half killed at Lincoln a good many years ago. Hard Pressed
I tried to recall what one did to welshers. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, June 2, 1920
They got on money matters; and, seeing plain how she'd been bilked, my wife gave the welsher a bit of her mind, and he showed his teeth in a way that meant Murder. The Dop Doctor
The mob hated the common informers as bitterly as a well-dressed crowd at a race-course in our own time hates a "welsher." A History of the Four Georges, Volume II
In fact, it is generally spoken of as the Costermonger’s race, at which a mere welsher is a comparatively respectable character, and every man in a good coat a swell.  The Gypsies
Well, I tows her into the boss's office, feelin' as mean as a welsher. Torchy
I back the dark horse; stake my soul against The odds: and I’ll not grouse if life should prove A welsher in the end: I’ll have had my fling, At least: and yet talk’s cheap ... Krindlesyke
But I wasn't just a limpin', squintin' little welsher; I was something that could feel the meaning of things and the reason for them, just like you can feel 'eat and cold. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories
When the informer was got hold of by his enemies he was usually treated very much after the fashion in which the welsher is handled to-day. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II
He fought a welsher," pursued the Vicar, "just before riding in a race. The Astonishing History of Troy Town
He knows every rook and welsher and every swell magsman, and all their haunts and habits. Half A Chance
"Oh, that's only a welsher," he said; "he's bolting with other people's money." Punch Among the Planets
No one says nothing against it on the course; the police is there, and they goes after the welshers and persecutes them. Esther Waters
He came to Goodwood 'on his own hook,' as society put it: and every man who wears a decent coat and is not a welsher has a right to enjoy the prettiest race-course in England. Phantom Fortune, a Novel
He would let no one say he was a "welsher." Purple Springs
"Anstruther is no welsher," and, as he rang for his hot water and a morning refresher, he picked up the little note with an eager curiosity. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story
He was a retail welsher; he lacked the nerve for sweeping enterprises. South Wind
No one shall call me a welsher in my bar…. Esther Waters
He gave the preference to the race-track. "—of a common welsher," he concluded. The Intrusion of Jimmy
One of them was the "welsher," Ben Davis; the other, a smaller, quieter man, with a keen, vivacious Hebrew eye and an olive-tinted skin, a Jew, Ezra Baroni. Under Two Flags
The welsher gave a loud, hoarse guffaw of relish and enjoyment. Under Two Flags
The Jew laughed softly, the welsher grimly, at the compliment they paid the Church; Baroni put up his papers into a neat Russia letter book. Under Two Flags
"Why, it is a fleecing of one," retorted the welsher savagely, even amid his successes. Under Two Flags
The boy hung his head, but looked sulky rather than thankful for his brother's interference with himself and the welsher. Under Two Flags
The Jew was cool, sharp, and generally silent; the "welsher," heated, eager, flushed with triumph, and glowing with a gloating malignity. Under Two Flags
He thought wistfully of the welsher's peremptory forbiddance of all compromise—of the welsher's inexorable command to "wring the fine-feathered bird," lose whatever might be lost by it. Under Two Flags
"Make me!" retorted the "welsher," defiant in his stout-built square strength, and ready to brazen the matter out. Under Two Flags
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