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- v. present participle of welsh.
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“Except that, the next day, Piers explained on why he thinks Oprah canceled -- where we come from it's called welshing -- on the bet, tweeting, "Mr, Vick's people told me he couldn't do interview with either of us if bet remained, as he can't collude in gambling" adding "I smell a rat here.”
The Washington Post: Oprah wins bet with Piers Morgan after landing Michael Vick
“The next day Piers explained on why he thought Oprah canceled -- where we come from it's called welshing -- on the bet, tweeting, "Mr, Vick's people told me he couldn't do interview with either of us if bet remained, as he can't collude in gambling" adding "I smell a rat here.”
The Washington Post: Michael Vick pulls plug on Oprah interview
“The next day, Piers explained why he thought Oprah canceled - where we come from, it's called welshing - on the bet, tweeting: "Mr. Vick's people told me he couldn't do an interview with either of us if bet remained, as he can't collude in gambling" - adding, "I smell a rat here.”
The Washington Post: On 'Jeopardy!,' rise of the machine: Computer competitor rakes in ratings
“welshing" bookmaker, himself, a jug of whiskey and a blackthorn stick were all hopelessly mixed in one grand Hibernian tangle.”
The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police
“And in part its due to the famous American habit of welshing on promises while always being up for a bit of revenge.”
“And why does no one ever make a fuss when someone accuses someone else of “welshing” on a deal (offensive to the Welsh – seriously) or gypping someone (offensive to Gypsies).”
“To his horror, only a few months after taking the $25 million from Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia, Page and Brin were welshing on their commitment to hire a CEO.”
“September 27, 2008 at 4: 03 pm to Ixchel/Cynthia re panic room … you forget no way Dean wouldve done it, hell he wouldnt even do the live forever spell … cause locking him away in a panic rm (even just to buy time!) would have been “welshing on the deal” and if they did that Sam goes back to dead!”
“I'm sure you would never consider welshing on an IOU just because you could get away with it.”
The Huffington Post: Richard (RJ) Eskow: Piggy Bank Morality: Maya MacGuineas and David Brooks
“December 4th, 2008 at 11: 54 am welshing, welshed also welched, welsh·ing also welch·ing, welsh·es also welch·es Informal”
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