Definition of Schnorr

1. Verb. Obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling. "He is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends"

Exact synonyms: Cadge, Scrounge, Shnorr
Generic synonyms: Beg
Derivative terms: Cadger, Scrounger

Definition of Schnorr

1. to beg [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: beg

Lexicographical Neighbors of Schnorr

schneiderian first rank symptoms
schneiderian membrane
schnell
schnittlaugh
schnitzel
schnitzels
schnitzler syndrome
schnockered
schnook
schnooks
schnorchel
schnorkel
schnorkeled
schnorkeling
schnorkels
schnorr (current term)
schnorred
schnorrer
schnorrers
schnorrs
schnoz
schnozes
schnozz
schnozzes
schnozzle
schnozzles
schoderite
schoenfliesite
schoenite
schoepite

Literary usage of Schnorr

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"schnorr, like many others, now thought that the ideal of painting was to be ... After several interruptions from the Roman fever, schnorr completed the ..."

2. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"... JULIUS, Bitter, born* in Leipsic, March 26, 1794, died in Dresden, May 24, 1872. History and landscape painter, son and pupil of Johann Veit schnorr von ..."

3. The History of Modern Painting by Richard Muther (1907)
"JULIUS schnorr VON CAROLSFELD. first period after their arrival stood for one another as models. ..."

4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"In 1858 he established the periodical Da» christliche Kunstblatt, and edited it with Gruneisen in Stuttgart and schnorr von ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"... metaphysical lore, lie was, so to speak, the child and intellectual heir of Niebuhr — the bosom friend of Arnold, Hare, Maurice, schnorr, Mendelssohn, ..."

6. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad: With Tales and Miscellanies Now by Jameson (Anna) (1834)
"Often have I walked up and down these superb rooms, looking up at schnorr and his assistants, and watching intently the preparation and the process of the ..."

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