- scrooge
- noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Ebenezer Scrooge, character in the story A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens Date: 1899 a miserly person
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Scrooge — is the surname of Ebenezer Scrooge, the selfish and miserly protagonist of Charles Dickens 1843 novella A Christmas Carol . Scrooge has since come into general usage as a term for any person who is stingy, antisocial, or lacking in Christmas… … Wikipedia
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Scrooge — [skru:dʒ] n informal [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Ebenezer Scrooge, character in A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens] someone who hates spending money ▪ You re turning into a real scrooge! … Dictionary of contemporary English
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Scrooge — [skro͞oj] n. [after Ebenezer Scrooge, character in Dickens A Christmas Carol] [also s ] a hard, miserly misanthrope … English World dictionary
scrooge — [ skrudʒ ] noun count INFORMAL someone who hates spending money … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
scrooge — generic for miser, 1940, from curmudgeonly character in Dickens 1843 story A Christmas Carol. It does not appear to be a genuine English surname … Etymology dictionary
Scrooge — [n] skinflint cheapskate, meanie, misanthrope, misanthropist, miser, moneygrubber, niggard, penny pincher, tightwad; concept 412 … New thesaurus
scrooge — n. a mean or miserly person. Etymology: a character in Dickens s Christmas Carol * * * ↑Scrooge * * * Scrooge [Scrooge Scrooges] [skruːdʒ] [skruːdʒ] noun usually singular ( … Useful english dictionary
scrooge — UK [skruːdʒ] / US [skrudʒ] noun [countable] Word forms scrooge : singular scrooge plural scrooges informal someone who hates spending money • Etymology: From the name of a character like this in Charles Dickens s story A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer … English dictionary
