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Scrooge (skro̵̅o̅j)

noun

a hard, miserly misanthrope

Etymology: after Ebenezer Scrooge, character in Dickens' A Christmas Carol

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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