scrooge

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who hates spending money; a miser.

   Everyone called him a scrooge because he never bought anyone a gift.

2. 2
   noun

   A person who is grumpy and dislikes the Christmas holidays.

   Don't be such a scrooge and come to the Christmas party.

3. 3
   verb

   To behave in a mean or stingy way with money.

   He scrooged on every detail to keep the wedding cheap.

From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol.

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