"Ebenezer Scrooge" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Ebenezer Scrooges [plural]
Etymology: After the character in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Ebenezer Scrooge (plural Ebenezer Scrooges)
  1. A scrooge; a miser. Wikipedia link: Ebenezer Scrooge Categories (topical): A Christmas Carol, British fiction, Fictional characters, Human behaviour, People, Personality, Stock characters Synonyms: Scrooge

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