shnorrer

A person who preys or overly depends upon another in a parasitic manner; a leech or sponge. From Yiddish. Sarah made a point of setting out on her own as soon as she finished high school, but her younger brother has been something of a perennial shnorrer. Every group of friends has at least one shnorrer. You know the type, the one who mooches drinks and food off everyone whenever you go out.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

schnorrer
leech
like a leech
mensch
sponge up
sponge from
sponge from (someone or something)
nudnik
bloodsucker
sponge out

References in periodicals archive

Here is the story of a shnorrer who used to visit the house of the Baron de Rothschild to receive his weekly alms.

It is not a joke ..

词组	shnorrer
释义	shnorrer shnorrer A person who preys or overly depends upon another in a parasitic manner; a leech or sponge. From Yiddish. Sarah made a point of setting out on her own as soon as she finished high school, but her younger brother has been something of a perennial shnorrer. Every group of friends has at least one shnorrer. You know the type, the one who mooches drinks and food off everyone whenever you go out. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: schnorrer leech like a leech mensch sponge up sponge from sponge from (someone or something) nudnik bloodsucker sponge out References in periodicals archive Here is the story of a shnorrer who used to visit the house of the Baron de Rothschild to receive his weekly alms. It is not a joke ..
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