Complete Definition of "scrouge"

English

Etymology
Etymology uncertain.

Alternative spellings
scrooch (US)

Verb
en-verb|scroug|ing

  1. To squeeze, compress, bend over; e.g., "He scrouged into his den"; to be parsimonious, tight, ungenerous, as implied by Charles Dickens' character Ebenezer Scrouge (Scrooge).
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