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Complete Definition of "scrooge"

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English

Etymology
The use of the word came from the name of the character, w:Ebenezer Scrooge|Ebenezer Scrooge in w:Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens book: �w:A Christmas Carol|A Christmas Carol�, and was thus used to describe someone who acted like the character in the book.

Noun
scrooge

  1. A miserly, selfish person.
  2. Ebenezer Scrooge, a character in Dickens�s w:A Christmas Carol|A Christmas Carol.

Translations
trans-top|miserly, selfish person
Finnish: kitupiikki
German: Geizhals m
trans-mid
Spanish: tacaño m, roñoso m
trans-bottom

Category:English nouns

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ru:scrooge
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