Scrooge BrE AmE , scrooge /skruːdʒ/ noun [countable] informal
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: Ebenezer Scrooge , character in A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens ]
someone who hates spending money
Scrooge BrE AmE , scrooge /skruːdʒ/ noun [countable] informal
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: Ebenezer Scrooge , character in A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens ]
someone who hates spending money
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012