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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
scrooge       [skrooj] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), scrooged, scroog·ing.
scrouge.
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Scrooge       [skrooj] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Eb·e·ne·zer       [eb-uh-nee-zer] Pronunciation Key, a miserly curmudgeon in Dickens' Christmas Carol.
2.(often lowercase) any miserly person.
[Origin: 1935–40, for def. 2]
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Scrooge also scrooge       (skrōōj)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A mean-spirited miserly person; a skinflint.


[After Ebenezer Scrooge, miserly protagonist of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
scrooge 
generic for "miser," 1940, from curmudgeonly character in Dickens' 1843 story "A Christmas Carol." It does not appear to be a genuine Eng. surname.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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scrooge

noun
a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn: niggard] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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