scrooge

Meanings

Noun

A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources.

Verb

To crush or press; to squeeze (past, into, together, etc.).

Origin

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

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