• (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. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/welsher/
Welsh'er noun 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.] Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/24