welsh

Meaning

Verb

To swindle someone by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt.

Origin

Sometimes suggested to derive from disparaging stereotypes of the Welsh, though firm evidence of this derivation is lacking. Compare gyp (probably from gypsy), and jew, from Jew.

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