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Schnorrer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deadbeat noun A person who avoids responsibility, especially someone who fails to pay debts or support their family.
  • freeloader noun A person who takes advantage of others' generosity without contributing or paying their fair share.
  • moocher noun (informal) Someone who often relies on other people's generosity instead of doing things for themselves.
  • ponce noun British slang, often derogatory, for a man who lives off someone else's earnings, especially a pimp.
  • sponge noun A simple sea creature with a soft, porous skeleton, or the absorbent material made from it (or a synthetic equivalent) used for washing.
  • sponger noun A person who makes use of a sponge.

Senses

Schnorrer is used for these senses in English:

  • deadbeat (pejorative) A lazy or irresponsible person who is often unemployed, often depending upon wealthy or otherwise financially independent people for support.
  • freeloader (colloquial) One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share.
  • moocher (mostly, pejorative) A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves.
  • ponce A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's.
  • scrounger One who scrounges.
  • shnorrer One who shnors.
  • sponge (slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
  • sponger One who uses a sponge.

deadbeat — full definition

  1. noun A person who avoids responsibility, especially someone who fails to pay debts or support their family.
  2. adj Failing to meet financial or family obligations.
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