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welsh

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɛlʃ/Part of speech noun, verb, adjectiveSorted ehlswStarts with WEnds with H0 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt

Word origin

From Middle English Walsch, Welische, from Anglian Old English wǣlisċ (“Briton; Roman; Celt”), from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman”), from *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”) (compare Old English wealh), from the name of the Gaulish tribe, the Volcae (recorded only in Latin contexts).

Used in a sentence

  • The Tudors, it was argued, were of Welsh or ancient British descent.
  • 9 minutes to 2. We just stopped to have our horses' mouths washed, and there all people spoke welsh.

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