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 Welsh Rabbit.Wench (A) 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Welsh’er.
 
One who lays a bet, but absconds if he loses. It means a Welshman, and is based upon the nursery rhyme, “Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief.”   1
 


 Welsh Rabbit.Wench (A) 

 
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