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schnook

/ʃnʊk/

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noun

/ʃnʊk/formal
  • ruСуществительное идишского происхождения, обозначающее доверчивого или наивного человека, которого скорее жаль, чем презирают.

A noun of Yiddish origin referring to a gullible or naive person who is more to be pitied than despised.

  1. Gullible or naive personC1informalamerican

    A person who is easily fooled or taken advantage of, often in a way that evokes pity rather than anger.

    ruПростак

    • He's such a schnook; he believed every lie she told him.
    • Don't be a schnook and fall for that scam.
    • The poor schnook lost all his money in that deal.

    Synonymschumpdupegullmarknaifpatsypushoversapsucker

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