schnorrer

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Recent Examples of schnorrer Mel Brooks, who had an office adjacent to Grant’s at Universal, and who began with a slobbering fan-like admiration for him, after a few lunches together dismissed him as a schnorrer—Yiddish for freeloader, beggar, cheapskate—and ceased taking his phone calls. Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2020 For ancient Greek and Roman satirists, the term denoted what many of us now assume to be the figurative meaning: a sponger, a schnorrer, a person dining at someone else’s table, at someone else’s expense. Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schnorrer
Noun
  • The beggars, widows, and families with sick relatives who once made a pilgrimage to the gates of the parliament building in the Green Zone to beg lawmakers for help are now barred from entry.
    Ned Parker, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2012
  • All the beggars at the intersection of Lee Road and the off-ramp of I-4 are completely out of hand.
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
Noun
  • Simply put, some animals don’t like moochers.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Things take a turn when Smokey's drug supplier demands $200 by 10 PM or they'll be killed, but the pair is easily distracted by conflicts with the resident bully, Craig's jealous girlfriend, and various neighborhood moochers and petty criminals.
    Danny Horn, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2024

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“Schnorrer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schnorrer. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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