as in miser
a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money
her father is a real scrooge and refuses to pay her way through college, even though he can easily afford it
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From Ebenezer Scrooge to the Grinch, these are the best Christmas movie villains of all time
A Grinch and a scrooge and an abominable snowman!
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Mike Miller, Peoplemag, 17 Dec. 2023
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
Mike Miller, Peoplemag, 17 Dec. 2023
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
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“Scrooge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrooge. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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