Etymology

scrooge

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Today it means: A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources. Full definition →

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scrooge · noun, verb1

From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol.

scrooge · verb2

Variant of scrouge.

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