"Scroogey" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Scrooge + -y.",
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "2015 December 18, Ana Swanson, “Why cash is the worst gift”, in The Washington Post:",
          "text": "The idea comes from a particularly Scroogey, and infamous, paper by the economist Joel Waldfogel, who estimated that the deadweight loss from gift-giving is one-tenth to one-third of the gift’s value.",
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          "ref": "2022 November 28, Lauren Mechling, “Scrooge: A Christmas Carol review – Netflix’s junky musical is a lump of coal”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Before you write off this review as uncharitably Scroogey, take note: four children, ages eight to 11, gathered round the television to attend the screening. Plied with mugs of sugary cocoa, a frighteningly willing audience heeded the call of duty.",
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        "Resembling or characteristic of Ebenezer Scrooge; bad-tempered, selfish and miserly."
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          "miserly",
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          "word": "Scroogelike"
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          "word": "Scroogesque"
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          "word": "Scroogian"
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