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Definition of Scrooge-like in English: Scrooge-likeadjective (of a person or their behaviour) mean with money; miserly. civic leaders were branded Scrooge-like for axeing their festive budget Example sentencesExamples - Giving gifts was only de-emphasized by the Scrooge-like Victorians who tried to cut down on expenses.
- He maintains a Scrooge-like demeanour to make it clear he's not feeling festive - and that you shouldn't either.
- The problem is the Scrooge-like approach of too many traders.
- The US is also hardly Scrooge-like on defence spending.
- The venerable toy firm today issued interim figures that would please even the most Scrooge-like of investors.
- It won't be a Scrooge-like Christmas in our house after all.
- "What sort of Scrooge-like puritanism is coming from some of my colleagues that they don't want to have fun in their own neighbourhood?"
- The office Christmas party is in decline, with fears of litigation and Scrooge-like attitudes dampening the traditional festive atmosphere.
- However, Scrooge-like Post Office executives are insisting that branch offices should remain open until 4pm this year.
- Did he not wish to been seen as Scrooge-like, withholding money that is currently earmarked for the least wealthy in the community?
Origin 1970s: from the miserly character Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens's novel A Christmas Carol (1843). Definition of Scrooge-like in US English: Scrooge-likeadjectiveˈskro͞ojˌlīk (of a person or their behavior) not generous with money; miserly. after several years of Scrooge-like behavior, shoppers spent a bundle at Christmas Example sentencesExamples - He maintains a Scrooge-like demeanour to make it clear he's not feeling festive - and that you shouldn't either.
- Giving gifts was only de-emphasized by the Scrooge-like Victorians who tried to cut down on expenses.
- However, Scrooge-like Post Office executives are insisting that branch offices should remain open until 4pm this year.
- It won't be a Scrooge-like Christmas in our house after all.
- Did he not wish to been seen as Scrooge-like, withholding money that is currently earmarked for the least wealthy in the community?
- The office Christmas party is in decline, with fears of litigation and Scrooge-like attitudes dampening the traditional festive atmosphere.
- The venerable toy firm today issued interim figures that would please even the most Scrooge-like of investors.
- The problem is the Scrooge-like approach of too many traders.
- The US is also hardly Scrooge-like on defence spending.
- "What sort of Scrooge-like puritanism is coming from some of my colleagues that they don't want to have fun in their own neighbourhood?"
Origin 1970s: from the miserly character Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens's novel A Christmas Carol (1843). |