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shnorrer

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shnor·rer  (shnôrr, shnr-)
n. Slang
Variant of schnorrer.
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Noun1.shnorrer - (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others
schnorrer
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
cadger, mooch, moocher, scrounger - someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
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“Jeff was never a shnorrer, he never kvetched--what more could you ask?
Gabba Gabba Goodbye by Ian Blecher / The New York Observer
Similar to a Yiddish shnorrer, a Pumpgenie is a virtuoso in the art of tapping all acquaintances for money and never paying it back.
Cooking the books. (Language Corner) by Bucher, Marcel / Swiss News
 
 
 
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