scrooge
1 Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
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Ebenezer a miserly curmudgeon in Dickens' Christmas Carol.
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(often lowercase) any miserly person.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Scrooge
1935–40, Scrooge for def. 2
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"There's a few out there who think I'm a bit of a scrooge but my friends think it's quite a good idea," she said.
From BBC
"I wasn’t very much fun to be around. I was kind of a scrooge," he said.
From Fox News
“I wasn’t very much fun to be around. I was kind of a scrooge,” he said.
From Seattle Times
I know we're starved for sports, and maybe I'm being a scrooge, but I cannot imagine this has any effect beyond making us even more acutely aware of what we can't see.
From Golf Digest
It’s not the only such hostile architecture developed by scrooges in recent years.
From The Guardian
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