Scrooge - definition, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈskruːdʒ|
Brit.  |skruːdʒ|

noun

- a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend (syn: churl, niggard, scrooge, skinflint)

Extra examples

...her father is a real scrooge and refuses to pay her way through college, even though he can easily afford it...

...until his redemption, Ebenezer Scrooge is the classic example of a very stingy, heartless miser...

...pitiless taskmaster that he was, Ebenezer Scrooge only reluctantly let his ill-paid clerk have Christmas Day off...

He's as close with his money as Scrooge.

Laporte, as Ebenezer Scrooge, is undoubtedly the star of the show.

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