Schnorrer (שנאָרער; also spelled shnorrer) is a Yiddish pejorative term for a beggar who, unlike ordinary beggars, presents himself as respectable and feels entitled for the alms received. == Historical == A large number of beggars appeared in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth after the pogroms of the Khmelnytsky Uprising, when many homes were destroyed.
Schnorrer (שנאָרער; also spelled shnorrer) is a Yiddish pejorative term for a beggar who, unlike ordinary beggars, presents himself as respectable and feels entitled for the alms received. == Historical == A large number of beggars appeared in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth after the pogroms of the Khmelnytsky Uprising, when many homes were destroyed.
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