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scrooge

[ US /ˈskɹudʒ/ ]
[ UK /skɹˈuːd‍ʒ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend

How To Use scrooge In A Sentence

  • The show lacks the grime and sting of poverty and the emotional heft that might have attended a more sober haunting of Scrooge. Times, Sunday Times
  • But the high street clearers are now fighting back against their scrooge image.
  • Most of the sources I've looked at restrict the term to use of a name as a generic, eg. calling someone a "Romeo" or a "Scrooge," though I have dim recollections of seeing in print "antonomasia" being used to describe the use of "coke" as "soft drink" or "levis" as "denim pants."
  • The house is clearly deserted when the ghost of Marley appears - otherwise Scrooge's first act would be to ring for his servant.
  • Or become a Scrooge and bolt the door. Times, Sunday Times
  • He comes to the counting house to wish Scrooge a merry Christmas and invite his uncle to dine with himself and his wife on Christmas Day.
  • Then he opens his robe to reveal to Scrooge two hideous and monstrous children that cling to the ghost's robe.
  • Scrooges who detest Christmas are being offered the chance to avoid this year's festive season - by hiding in a subterranean nuclear bunker.
  • Or become a Scrooge and bolt the door. Times, Sunday Times
  • I tell him he looks like a fabulous Scrooge. Times, Sunday Times
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