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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
welsh .
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Examples
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It welshed on billions owed to its creditors rather than rudely inconvenience its citizens by collecting taxes.
Michael Farr: Outrageous Arrogance and Greek Fraud Michael Farr 2011
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The very idea that England “likes us better” after the shabby treatment their PM and his wife received here; that Poland “likes us better” after this Administration welshed on our defense agreement; that Israel “likes us better” after the inconceivable public snub of their PM … and on, ad infinitum … is either false, or prima facie evidence that the rest of the world is jerking our chain.
A response to Joe Conason’s ‘Obama effect’ article. | RedState 2010
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It welshed on billions owed to its creditors rather than rudely inconvenience its citizens by collecting taxes.
Michael Farr: Outrageous Arrogance and Greek Fraud Michael Farr 2011
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December 4th, 2008 at 11: 54 am welshing, welshed also welched, welsh·ing also welch·ing, welsh·es also welch·es Informal
Travelling Thieves, Pickpockets, &c. 1957 | clusterflock 2008
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To be direct about what happened here, your brothers welshed on a series of debts -- to their parents, no less.
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To be direct about what happened here, your brothers welshed on a series of debts -- to their parents, no less.
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To be direct about what happened here, your brothers welshed on a series of debts -- to their parents, no less.
Dividing Up Mom's Estate Jeanne Fleming 2010
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To be direct about what happened here, your brothers welshed on a series of debts -- to their parents, no less.
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That if Dave, for instance said: "I'll give you the referendum you were promised on the Lisbon treaty" millions of waverers would respond: 'Well, that's my vote gone then - I'll vote for the Labour and Liberal parties who promised a referendum then welshed on it'.
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He's beholden to people who don't like to be welshed or double-crossed.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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