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schnook

US/ʃnʊk/ uncommon slang

noun

1.

(Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despisedi

  • “don”
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Origin

Borrowed from Yiddish שנוק (shnuk, “person easily imposed upon or cheated”).

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