Definition of Schnook

1. Noun. (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised. "Don't be such an apologetic shnook"

Exact synonyms: Shnook
Category relationships: Yiddish
Generic synonyms: Simple, Simpleton

Definition of Schnook

1. Noun. (slang) A person who is easily taken advantage of. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Schnook

1. an easily deceived person [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Schnook

schnapses
schnauzer
schnauzers
schnecke
schnecken
schneebergite
schneiderian
schneiderian first rank symptoms
schneiderian membrane
schnell
schnittlaugh
schnitzel
schnitzels
schnitzler syndrome
schnockered
schnook (current term)
schnooks
schnorchel
schnorkel
schnorkeled
schnorkeling
schnorkels
schnorr
schnorred
schnorrer
schnorrers
schnorrs
schnoz
schnozes
schnozz

Literary usage of Schnook

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of the City of by New York (City). Superior Court, New York (State). Superior Court (New York), Samuel Jones, James Clark Spencer (1886)
"The action is brought by the plaintiff as the widow of one Bernhard schnook, and it is founded upon a contract made between Bernhard schnook and ..."

2. Briefs on the Law of Insuranceby Roger William Cooley, Lawrence Vold by Roger William Cooley, Lawrence Vold (1905)
"schnook v. Independent Order, 53 NY Super. Ct. 181—i. 806; iv. 3735. Schoales v. Order of Sparta, 206 Pa. 11, 65 Atl. 766—i. 798, 815; iv. 3722, 3784. ..."

3. Briefs on the Law of Insurance by Roger William Cooley, Lawrence Vold (1905)
"schnook v. Independent Order of Sons of Benjamin, 53 NY Super. Ct. 181; Supreme Tent Knights of Maccabees v. McAllister, 132 Midi. 69, 92 NW 770; Story v. ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Life and Accident Insurance: Including Benefit by Frederick Hampden Bacon (1917)
"501 schnook v. Independent Order, etc., 21 Jones & Sp. 181. so2 Grand Lodge KP v. Smith, 89 Miss. 718; 42 Sou. 89. soa Grand Lodge v. Eisner, 26 Mo. ..."

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