Scrooge
Example Sentences
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"There's a few out there who think I'm a bit of a scrooge but my friends think it's quite a good idea," she said.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2022
"I wasn’t very much fun to be around. I was kind of a scrooge," he said.
From Fox News • Dec. 27, 2021
I know we're starved for sports, and maybe I'm being a scrooge, but I cannot imagine this has any effect beyond making us even more acutely aware of what we can't see.
From Golf Digest • Apr. 6, 2020
Q. Re: Bloody scrooge: Don’t take it personally.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2017
"Harry, if—if it's the money, maybe I could manage—" "Yes—and scrimp and save and scrooge along without a laundress another four years, and do his washing and—" "I—could fix the money part, Harry—easy."
From Gaslight Sonatas by Hurst, Fannie
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.