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Scrooge   /skrudʒ/   Listen
Scrooge

noun
1.
A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend.  Synonyms: churl, niggard, skinflint.






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"Scrooge" Quotes from Famous Books



... another story. Hearts get warmed up at Christmas, that, like old Scrooge's, are cold and careless the rest of the year. But for a fellow like Rich Kendrick to keep it up all the year round—you'll find that's not so ...
— The Twenty-Fourth of June • Grace S. Richmond

... to Courtland that he was seeing everything on this walk through the eyes of the Christ. He remembered Scrooge and his journey with the Ghost of Christmas Past in Dickens's Christmas Carol. It was like that. He was seeing the real soul of everybody! He was with the architect of the universe, noting where the work had gone wrong from the mighty plans. He suddenly knew that these creatures coming giddily ...
— The Witness • Grace Livingston Hill Lutz



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