"Jacob Marley" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Jacob Marley
  1. A fictional man who appears as a ghost in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, warning his former business partner Ebenezer Scrooge against being greedy and selfish. Categories (topical): A Christmas Carol, Fictional characters
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