Ebenezer Scrooge

noun

A scrooge; a miser.

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nounEbenezer Scrooge (plural Ebenezer Scrooges)

plural Ebenezer Scrooges

  1. A scrooge; a miser.

    Synonyms: Scrooge

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nounA scrooge; a miser.

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Origin

After the character in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

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Ebenezer Scrooge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ebenezer%20Scrooge

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