SCROOGE


Meaning of SCROOGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈskrüj ]

noun

Usage: often capitalized

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

Date: 1899

: a miserly person

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.