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Definition of Shnorrer
1. Noun. (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others.
Category relationships: Yiddish
Generic synonyms: Cadger, Mooch, Moocher, Scrounger
Definition of Shnorrer
1. one who takes advantage of the generosity of others [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shnorrer
Literary usage of Shnorrer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious by Sigmund Freud (1916)
"shnorrer supplicates the baron for money to visit the bathing resort Ostend, ...
But the shnorrer rejects that proposition by saying, " Herr Baron, ..."
2. Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious by Sigmund Freud (1917)
"shnorrer supplicates the baron for money to visit the bathing resort Ostend, ...
But the shnorrer rejects that proposition by saying, " Herr Baron, ..."
3. The Menorah Movement for the Study and Advancement of Jewish Culture and by Intercollegiate Menorah Association (1914)
"If you merely give, you are a philanthropist ; if you merely receive, you are
a "shnorrer." If we give Judaism our time, our thought, bur enthusiasm, ..."
4. Glimpses of a Strange World by Henry Sandé Stollnitz, University Press (Cambridge, Mass.) (1908)
"Am Ia ' shnorrer ' (beggar) ? I never in my life have imposed upon the kind hearts
of others and would rather starve and hope ' His blessed Name' Will ..."
5. Bibliographisches Lexicon der gesammten jüdischen und theologisch by Chajim David Lippe (1899)
"8. Ghetto Tragedies. London IS'.1:!. 9. The King of the shnorrer^. Grotesque and
Fantasies. With over ninety Illustrations. London 1894. 6 Sh. (Ebd.) 10. ..."
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