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schnook

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schnook also shnook  (shnk)
n. Slang
A stupid or easily victimized person; a dupe.
[Yiddish shnuk, snout, schnook, from Lithuanian snukis, mug, snout.]
schnook [ʃnʊk]
n
US slang a stupid or gullible person
[from Yiddish shnok, variant of shmok schmo]
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Noun1.schnook - (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised; "don't be such an apologetic shnook"
shnook
Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script
simpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense
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