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English
Etymology 1
From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol.
Pronunciation
Noun
scrooge (plural scrooges)
- A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:miser
- A person who is grumpy about the Christmas holidays.
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Etymology 2
Variant of scrouge.
Verb
scrooge (third-person singular simple present scrooges, present participle scrooging, simple past and past participle scrooged)
- (UK, US, dialect) To crush or press; to squeeze (past, into, together, etc.).
Yola
Etymology
Cognate with English scrooge.
Pronunciation
Verb
scrooge
- to squeeze
References
- Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990) “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review, volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 160