schnorrer

schnorrer Definition

schnor·rer (s̸hnôr′ər)

noun

Slang a person who lives by begging or by sponging on others

Etymology: < Yiddish < Ger schnurrer < schnurren, to whir, purr (of echoic orig.): from the sound made by musical instruments carried by beggars

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