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Word: schnook (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Yule dating has blossomed into a mass of exam-time engagements. Perhaps the most astonishing of recent announcements was that of Otto Van der Meyermoot 7G and Gloria Schnook '62. "I'm pretty happy," said Miss Schnook. "We plan to get married three years from next December, after Otto finishes his tenth year at the Center for Australian Studies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffies Thrilled By Nuptial Bells | 1/21/1959 | See Source »

...Randall: two better synonyms for "schnook" would be 1) jerk, and 2) schmo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 27, 1956 | 2/27/1956 | See Source »

Permit me to footnote your footnote on etymology of "schnook" schnook is probably a corruption of snook, a Middle English word for sniff, smell or search for. In Australia, a species of barracuda is a snok...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 27, 1956 | 2/27/1956 | See Source »

TIME is the poor schnook for tripping on the curbstones of Central Park West; such matters are better left in the hands of Herman Wouk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 27, 1956 | 2/27/1956 | See Source »

Snooking the Schnook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 27, 1956 | 2/27/1956 | See Source »

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