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Meanings of schnorrer in English

Spanish
gorrón

(Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others.

gorrón
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Examples for "shnorrer"
Examples for "shnorrer"
1
Yeah, hear, 0 Israel, about the shnorrer who stole his own kid's food!
Once upon a time in America
2
Then he looked Arthur in the eye, and his gaze was not that of a shnorrer.
Melnitz
3
Regula, does he look like a shnorrer?'
Melnitz
4
Regula didn't know what a shnorrer was.
Melnitz
5
And he quickly added, as if his words might be thought presumptuous, 'Now I am of course no longer a businessman, but only a shnorrer.
Melnitz
Usage of schnorrer in English
1
In the evening the "schnorrers" knock at the door and ask for a few handred dollars.
The new yorker
2
How different from Peckham and from the offices of the fine old British Firm of Schneider, Schnitzel, Schnorrer & Schmidt!
Driftwood Spars / The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Cert...
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