Schnorrer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Schnorrer \Schnor"rer\, n. [Yiddish, fr. G. schnurrer, fr.
     schnurren to hum, whir, hence, from the sound of the musical
     instrument used by strolling beggars, to beg.]
     Among the Jews, a beggar.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]