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schnook

[ shnook ]

noun

, Slang.
  1. an unimportant or stupid person; dope.


schnook

/ ʃnʊk /

noun

  1. slang.
    a stupid or gullible person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of schnook1

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; of uncertain origin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of schnook1

from Yiddish shnok, variant of shmok schmo
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Example Sentences

If you saw Hill on television or listened to any of his appearances on Howard Stern, you were likely to get the impression that Henry Hill was what your grandmother might call a schnook.

Mr. Beatty later told People magazine he was grateful simply for a chance to play a tough-minded businessman after a run of Southern-fried “schnooks.”

Beatty later told People magazine he was grateful simply for a chance to play a tough-minded businessman after a run of Southern-fried “schnooks.”

“He’s never faced anything as long as I’ve known him. He thinks anything peculiar or unpleasant will just go away if he turns on the radio and some little schnook starts singing.”

But we chose that archetype that we’ve used before: the schnook from Omaha.

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