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English
Etymology
The use of the word came from the name of the character, w:Ebenezer Scrooge|Ebenezer Scrooge in w:Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens book: �w:A Christmas Carol|A Christmas Carol�, and was thus used to describe someone who acted like the character in the book.
Noun
scrooge
- A miserly, selfish person.
- Ebenezer Scrooge, a character in Dickens�s w:A Christmas Carol|A Christmas Carol.
Translations
trans-top|miserly, selfish person
Finnish: kitupiikki
German: Geizhals m
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Spanish: tacaño m, roñoso m
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