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 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
The late Alan Rickman, who also stars in Christmas classic "Love Actually," looks more scrooge than cold-blooded killer as Hans Gruber when he speaks of Christmas being a "time of the miracles."
From Fox News • Dec. 19, 2018
If you give too little, are you a scrooge?
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2015
You just bet my world is full of nice men, packed like sardines; but they'll all scrooge up a little and make room for you on the top layer among the selects!
From Michael O'Halloran by Stratton-Porter, Gene
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