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Yiddish שנאָרן (shnorn)

verb shnors · shnorring · shnorred · shnorr

To beg or wheedle. Many among them made no pretense of seeking gainful work. In fact, from their perspective, work would have undermined their sense of self. In their eyes, shnorring was their true calling, a profession they created for themselves through a combination of persistence and ingenuity.

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verb beg or wheedle

Deutsch	schnorren, betteln, erbetteln, abbetteln, abheucheln

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@misc{shnor_2026,
  title = {shnor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shnor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}