SCROOGE


Meaning of SCROOGE in English

/skroohj/ , n.

1. Ebenezer /eb'euh nee"zeuhr/ , a miserly curmudgeon in Dickens' Christmas Carol.

2. ( often l.c. ) any miserly person.

[ 1935-40, for def. 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .