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- noun Plural form of
Welchman .
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Loyd, natural son of one Matthew Loyd of Glamorgan, if you know any such person — You see, Doctor, that notwithstanding all your philosophy, it is not without some reason that the Welchmen ascribe such energy to the force of blood — But we shall discuss this point on some future occasion.
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Prince Madoc and his adventurous Welchmen, and the consideration accorded them on that account, may very possibly be altogether fanciful; but whoever will take the trouble to investigate will find in the _real_
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Not only is wun of the werry populusest of living Welchmen a going for to be made Lord MARE on that werry day, but the Prince of WHALES hisself, who was inwited but karnt kum cos he's keepin 'his hone Jewbilly at ome that appy and horspigious day.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 7, 1891 Various
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Welchmen had sprung from their palfreys as Harold's horse fell.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 06 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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He rode somewhat slowly, for he was evidently in deep thought; and he had arrived about half-way towards Hilda's house when he heard behind quick pattering sounds, as of small unshod hoofs: he turned, and saw the Welchmen at the distance of some fifty yards.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 06 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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There is also a rubric to the rules of good society; and squarers of the circle are among those whom there is special permission not to answer: they are the wild Welchmen of geometry, who are always assailing, but never taking, the Garde Douloureuse [219] of the circle.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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At this moment a mighty yell of despair broke from the Welch near the fort: stones and javelins rained upon them from the walls, and the fierce Norman was in the midst, with his sword drinking blood; but not for javelin, stone, and sword, shrank and shouted the Welchmen.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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These Welchmen, unless curbed to their mountains, eat into the strength of England, as the tide gnaws into a shore.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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But in the centre of the space, leading on a fresh troop of shouting Welchmen who had forced their way from another part, was a form which seemed charmed against arrow and spear.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Down swarmed the Welchmen, nearer and nearer; and in the midst of them three chiefs -- the Fatal Three.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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