welsh
[verb]
Synonyms: back down, back off, back out, backpedal, backwater, crawfish (out), cry off, declare off, renege, resile

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I. Welsh, Ir‧vine /ˈɜːvɪn $ ˈɜːr-/
(1961–) a Scottish writer whose best-known novel, Trainspotting, was made into a successful film. The characters in Welsh’s novels are usually young and take drugs such as heroin and cocaine. Their lives are hard, but the stories are told with a lot of humour. Welsh has been called ‘the poet laureate of the chemical generation’, meaning that he is respected and liked by young people who drink and take drugs.

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II. Welsh¹ /welʃ/ adjective
relating to Wales, its people, or its original language

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III. Welsh² noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: wælisc, welisc 'Celtic, Welsh, foreign', from Wealh 'Celt, Welsh person, foreigner']

1. the Welsh [plural] people from Wales

2. [uncountable] the original language used in Wales

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welsh , welch /welʃ $ welʃ, weltʃ/ verb [intransitive] informal
to not do something you have promised to do, such as paying someone money that you owe:
I never welch on my bets.

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