shnor

present singular third person shnors · participle present shnorring · participle past shnorred · past shnorred · alternative shnorr

1. To beg or wheedle.

   Many among them made no pretense of seeking gainful work. In fact, from their perspective, work would have undermined their sense of self. In their eyes, shnorring was their true calling, a profession they created for themselves through a combination of persistence and ingenuity.

   2008, Stanley J. Schachter, Laugh for God's Sake: Where Jewish Humor and Jewish Ethics Meet