Scrooge-like
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Scrooge-like is an adjective meaning Like a scrooge in being miserly, tight-fisted, and a kill-joy.
Meaning
Like a scrooge in being miserly, tight-fisted, and a kill-joy.
Example Sentences
In 1963, there was even more of a shutdown [at Christmas]. The Western and London Midland Regions ran no trains, with the rest of the network having the "barest of skeleton services". The Daily Herald called Beeching's cuts "the most scrooge-like... in railway history".
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include miserly, scrunty, tight, tight-fisted, grinchy, scrinchy.
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