- schnor|rer
- schnor|rer «SHNR uhr, SHNOHR-», noun.Slang. a beggar; sponger: »
A real schnorrer, but sort of likable (New Yorker).
╂[< Yiddish shnorer < shnoren beg < Middle High German]
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schnor — schnor·rer; … English syllables
rer — ab·hor·rer; bar·rer; char·rer; con·fer·rer; de·bye scher·rer; de·fer·rer; dü·rer·esque; füh·rer; in·fer·rer; in·fir·ma·rer; in·ter·rer; mar·rer; neu·rer·gic; pre·fer·rer; re·fec·to·rer; re·fer·rer; scar·rer; schai·rer·ite; schnor·rer; star·rer;… … English syllables
schnorrer — schnor·rer … English syllables
schnorrer — schnor•rer or shnorrer [[t]ˈʃnɔr ər, ˈʃnoʊr [/t]] n. Slang. cvb sts a person who lives at the expense of others; sponger; parasite • Etymology: 1890–95; < Yiddish shnorer beggar, sponger < shnor(n) to beg … From formal English to slang
Schnorrer — Schnor rer, n. [Yiddish, fr. G. schnurrer, fr. schnurren to hum, whir, hence, from the sound of the musical instrument used by strolling beggars, to beg.] Among the Jews, a beggar. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sponger — n Informal. parasite, Inf. sponge, scrounge or scrounger, Sl. mooch or moocher, Yiddish. schnor rer, Inf. freeloader; borrower, cadger, Inf. four flusher, Sl. bum, beggar, Inf. panhandler; leech, hanger on, barnacle, bur, appendage; courtier,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
