schnook

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You've gotta like so poignant a schnook, what with his uncontrollable blurtations, his manifest emotional instability, and his "recovering alcoholic" / "the Lord saved me" underdoggereletry.

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  • I think the essentials: Lady Luck, schnook, True Love, are what form the basic nubbin; but beyond that, I'm told change is a healthy thing. —  FSF,September2006
  • You've gotta like so poignant a schnook, what with his uncontrollable blurtations, his manifest emotional instability, and his "recovering alcoholic" / "the Lord saved me" underdoggereletry. —  Dissent the Blog
  • The government doesn't want all its secrets in the head of this schnook, and it's not like Busgang was being held prisoner by Fulcrum. —  What's Alan Watching?
  • In Miracle, we have perhaps the most shrill of leading couples -- the overplaying schnook Eddie Bracken and the brassy, moralistic to a fault Betty Hutton. —  Bright Lights After Dark
  • Funny thing is, the one's that took all the millions won't get as much punishment as some poor schnook that held up a 7-11. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
 

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  1. Yiddish shnuk, snout, schnook, from Lithuanian snukis, mug, snout.
 

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