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schnook (s̸hno̵ok)

noun

Slang a person easily imposed upon or cheated; pitifully meek person

Etymology: < Yiddish ? altered < schmuck

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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