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(Inglese)

(derogatory, offensive, sometimes) To cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt.
(derogatory, offensive, sometimes) To go back on one's word.

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/wɛlʃ/

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