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schnorrer

/shnawr-er, shnohr-/US // ˈʃnɔr ər, ˈʃnoʊr- //UK // (ˈʃnɔːrə) //

笨蛋

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Slang.

    • : a person who habitually borrows or lives at the expense of others with no intention of repaying; sponger; moocher; beggar.

Examples

  • What of Wagner, with his delight in imbecile fables, his popinjay vanity, his soul of a Schnorrer?

  • "I have as much religion as any Schnorrer on the road," replied the beggar, bridling up.

  • And so you run away from the Home and married this Schnorrer?

  • Sooner as stay in the old country and be a Schnorrer all your life, you come over here, ain't it?

  • "That Schnorrer ain't got money enough to stock a pushcart, let alone a restaurant," he jeered.