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Definition scrooge in British English

scrooge noun

[countable] noun
/skruːdʒ/

From the name of a character like this in Charles Dickens’s story A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean old man who hates Christmas, but after he sees a series of ghosts his character changes and he becomes a nicer, more generous person.

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someone who hates spending money

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Definition scrooge in British English