Definition of "welshed" [welshed]

• Simple past tense and past participle of welsh. (verb)

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• "It welshed on billions owed to its creditors rather than rudely inconvenience its citizens by collecting taxes."
• "The very idea that England “likes us better” after the shabby treatment their PM and his wife received here; that Poland “likes us better” after this Administration welshed on our defense agreement; that Israel “likes us better” after the inconceivable public snub of their PM … and on, ad infinitum … is either false, or prima facie evidence that the rest of the world is jerking our chain."
• "To be direct about what happened here, your brothers welshed on a series of debts -- to their parents, no less."