Welsher

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
welsher
    n 1: someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager
         [syn: {welcher}, {welsher}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Welsher \Welsh"er\, n.
   One who cheats at a horse race; one who bets, without a
   chance of being able to pay; one who receives money to back
   certain horses and absconds with it. [Written also
   {welcher}.] [Slang, Eng.]
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "welsher":
      clock watcher, defaulter, delinquent, eye-servant, goldbrick,
      goldbricker, levanter, malingerer, nonpayer, old soldier, shirk,
      shirker, skulk, skulker, slacker, soldier, tax dodger, tax evader,
      truant

    

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