scrooge
[ skrooj ]
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Scrooge
[ skrooj ]
noun
Eb·e·ne·zer [eb-uh-nee-zer], /ˌɛb əˈni zər/, a miserly curmudgeon in Dickens' Christmas Carol.
(often lowercase) any miserly person.
Origin of Scrooge
21935–40, for def. 2
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British Dictionary definitions for Scrooge
Scrooge
/ (skruːdʒ) /
noun
a mean or miserly person
Origin of Scrooge
1C19: after a character in Dickens' story A Christmas Carol (1843)
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