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- adjective Like a
scrooge in beingmiserly ,tight-fisted , and akill-joy .
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Examples
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George Osborne, scrooge-like in his curbs on councils, is putty in the hands of the wind energy lobby.
The maths of coalition has opened the door to lobbyists | Simon Jenkins 2011
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Furthermore, your apparently gleeful reportage of these Gen Y'ers difficulties during a time of economic hardship seems as though it's bordering on scrooge-like.
Can Gen Y handle the downturn? Clive Shepherd 2008
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Not to mention these scrooge-like ‘credit card interest’ plunderers who constantly pursue our unfortunate victims.
Archive 2008-09-01 Thatsnews 2008
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Not to mention these scrooge-like ‘credit card interest’ plunderers who constantly pursue our unfortunate victims.
Flash of Genius' Professor Goes Totally Berserk. Gives away new book Thatsnews 2008
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Small Business Advocate: Is it scrooge-like to not join in some holiday games?
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Made me feel a bit scrooge-like when I saw everything we had missed.
unknown title 2009
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Now, I'm one of the most scrooge-like people you'd ever meet.
The Construct 2009
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Defeating this scrooge-like victimisation of unemployed young people can be the first step towards building a powerful movement of young people to fight for jobs.
Indymedia Ireland 2009
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Defeating this scrooge-like victimisation of unemployed young people can be the first step towards building a powerful movement of young people to fight for jobs.
Indymedia Ireland 2009
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Liberals are up in arms about the scrooge-like maneuver to limit the charitiable deductions: "Among those shocked by President Obama's
Blogrunner 2009
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