Schnorrer

Mike Calvert mcalvert at ENTERPE.COM
Tue Oct 19 19:35:10 UTC 1999


"Schnorrer" is, I believe, Yiddish for one who shamelessly mooches from
others. Immortalized in the Marx Bros.' "Animal Crackers" by the
following exchange: Chorus: "Hurray for Captain Spaulding, the African
explorer" / Groucho: "Did someone call me schnorrer?" / Chorus: "Hurray,
hurray, hurray!"



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