SCROOGE


Meaning of SCROOGE in English

n.

Pronunciation: ' skrüj

Function: noun

Usage: often cap

Etymology: Ebenezer Scrooge, character in the story A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens

Date: 1899

: a miserly person

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