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BNC: 34821 COCA: 30040

Scrooge

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Scrooge noun
or scrooge /ˈskruːʤ/
plural Scrooges or scrooges
Scrooge
noun
or scrooge /ˈskruːʤ/
plural Scrooges or scrooges
Learner's definition of SCROOGE
[count] informal
: a selfish and unfriendly person who is not willing to spend or give away money吝啬鬼;守财奴usually singular通常用单数
Scrooge is from the name of Ebenezer Scrooge, the main character in the story A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.*Scrooge源自查尔斯·狄更斯小说《圣诞颂歌》中极其吝啬的主人公埃比尼泽·斯克鲁奇(Ebenezer Scrooge)。

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BNC: 34821 COCA: 30040

scrooge

noun

often capitalized
: a miserly person

Example Sentences

her father is a real scrooge and refuses to pay her way through college, even though he can easily afford it
Recent Examples on the Web The trailer begins with Clarke as a disillusioned scrooge who hates her job as an elf at the local Christmas shop. Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2019 And blue America’s bitter scrooges impatiently explained why this outpouring of corporate largesse was actually bad. Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 21 Dec. 2017

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of scrooge was in 1899
BNC: 34821 COCA: 30040

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