Meanings
nounUncle Scrooge (plural Uncle Scrooges)
plural Uncle Scrooges
- A rich miser.
It is an anomaly of our times that an Uncle Sam spending at a rate of some $128 billion yearly should become an Uncle Scrooge in the treatment of government workers!
1967, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, “Federal Pay Legislation: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, first session”, in parliamentary debates, U.S. Congress, page 282
Origin
From a Disney character, named in reference to Charles Dickens' fictional miser Ebenezer Scrooge.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic العم دهب
- العم دهب (Aleumu Dahab)rich miser
Danish Onkel Joakim, Joakim von And
- Onkel Joakimrich miser
- Joakim von Andrich miser
Finnish Roope Ankka, Roope-setä
- Roope Ankkarich miser
- Roope-setärich miser
French picsou
- picsourich miser
German Dagobert Duck, Onkel Dagobert
- Dagobert Duckrich miser
- Onkel Dagobertrich miser
Hebrew הדוד קמצוץ
- הדוד קמצוץ (hadod kamtzutz)rich miser
Italian paperone, Paperone
- paperonerich miser
- Paperonerich miser
Portuguese Tio Patinhas
- Tio Patinhasrich miser
Russian Дя́дя Скрудж
- Дя́дя Скрудж (Djádja Skrudž)rich miser
Swedish Joakim von Anka, farbror Joakim
- Joakim von Ankarich miser
- farbror Joakimrich miser
Cite this entry
APA
Uncle Scrooge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uncle%20Scrooge
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“Uncle Scrooge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uncle%20Scrooge. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Uncle Scrooge,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uncle%20Scrooge.
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