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"etymology_text": "Alternative form of welsh, from Welsh.",
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"To fail to repay a small debt."
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{
"ref": "1992, Bo Goldman, Scent of a Woman (film)",
"text": "I welched. I'm a welcher. Didn't I tell you?"
},
{
"ref": "1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)",
"text": "MICHAEL: Clemenza promised Rosato three territories in the Bronx after he died, and then you took over and welched."
}
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"tags": [
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],
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"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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},
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"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"word": "luistaa"
},
{
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"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"word": "rikkoa lupaus"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
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},
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"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
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{
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"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
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],
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},
{
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"word": "vacilar"
}
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}
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"A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one."
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"present",
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],
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"ref": "1992, Bo Goldman, Scent of a Woman (film)",
"text": "I welched. I'm a welcher. Didn't I tell you?"
},
{
"ref": "1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)",
"text": "MICHAEL: Clemenza promised Rosato three territories in the Bronx after he died, and then you took over and welched."
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"To fail to fulfill an obligation."
],
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],
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},
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"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
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},
{
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],
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},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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{
"code": "cs",
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"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "opominout"
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"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"word": "luistaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"word": "rikkoa lupaus"
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"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
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"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"tags": [
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"word": "linken"
},
{
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"word": "vacilar"
}
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}
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