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schnook
also shnook (shno͝ok)n. Slang
A stupid or easily victimized person; a dupe.
[Yiddish shnuk, snout, schnook, from Lithuanian snukis, mug, snout.]
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schnook
(ʃnʊk)n
slang US a stupid or gullible person
[from Yiddish shnok, variant of shmok schmo]
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schnook
or shnook
(ʃnʊk)n. Slang.
a stupid or gullible person.
[1945–50, Amer.; of uncertain orig.]
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schnook
A Yiddish word used to mean a gullible or stupid person.
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| Noun | 1. | schnook - (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised; "don't be such an apologetic shnook" Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script |
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