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- verb Alternative spelling of
shnor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
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Examples
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shnorr, v., beg professionally, but always with the presumption that the shnorrer is entitled and doing you a favor.
Hebrew is the last common ancestor of all languages - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Not everyone worked hard, even in those days, however; those who begged for a living were said to shnorr, and they could make quite a tsimmes if you didn’t give them some food or a little gelt.
Hebrew is the last common ancestor of all languages - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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