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Schnorr   /ʃnɔr/   Listen
Schnorr

verb
1.
Obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling.  Synonyms: cadge, scrounge, shnorr.






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"Schnorr" Quotes from Famous Books



... found one on thought, which is Phoenician in immortality and fears no fire. Believe me, photography can do against line engraving just what Madame Tussaud's wax-work can do against sculpture. That, and no more. You are too timid in this matter; you are like Isaac in that picture of Mr. Schnorr's in the last number of this Journal, and with Teutonically metaphysical precaution, shade your eyes from the sun with your back to it. Take courage; turn your eyes to it in an aquiline manner; put more sunshine on your steel, and less burr; and leave the photographers to their Phoebus ...
— On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) - A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature • John Ruskin



Words linked to "Schnorr" :   cadge, beg



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