schnook
pronunciation
How to pronounce schnook in British English:
UK [ʃnʊk]
How to pronounce schnook in American English:
US [ʃnʊk]
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- Noun:
- (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despisedi
Word Origin
- schnook (n.)
- 1948, probably from Yiddish shnuk "elephant's trunk," or altered from schmuck (q.v.), or perhaps from German schnucke "a small sheep," used in U.S. Yiddish for "a customer easily persuaded, a sucker."
Example
- 1. It means this poor schnook boggs could actually be innocent .