Did you by any chance mean one of these? shorter, snorer
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang Variant of schnorrer.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others
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“April 19th, 2009 10: 54am stanley Jerusalem I think we have demonstrated that we do not always need to be serious, and carl provides light relief and for me, laughter-he would be far more annoying if he ever wrote anything sensible. enjoy the gelechter-just see him as a shnorrer trying to be noticed - I do.”
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“Let me repeat the question, do you condemn Britain for killing civilians in WWII? stanley Jerusalem I think we have demonstrated that we do not always need to be serious, and carl provides light relief and for me, laughter-he would be far more annoying if he ever wrote anything sensible. enjoy the gelechter-just see him as a shnorrer trying to be noticed”
“shnorr, v., beg professionally, but always with the presumption that the shnorrer is entitled and doing you a favor.”
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““Jeff was never a shnorrer, he never kvetched -- what more could you ask?” said an elderly man who didn’t want his name used.”
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