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Definition of schnook noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

schnook

noun
 
/ʃnʊk/
 
/ʃnʊk/
(North American English, informal, disapproving)
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  1. a person who is stupid or unimportant
    Word Origin1940s: perhaps from German Schnucke ‘small sheep’ or from Yiddish shnuk ‘snout’.
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