Scrooge

also n.
A mean-spirited miserly person; a skinflint.

[After Ebenezer Scrooge, miserly protagonist of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.]

noun

A stingy person: miser, niggard, skinflint. Informal penny pincher. Slang cheapskate, stiff, tightwad. See give/take/reciprocity.

n

Definition: miser
Antonyms: philanthropist, spendthrift

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gnier

Français (French)
n. - grippe-sou

Deutsch (German)
n. - Geizkragen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) τσιγκούνης

Italiano (Italian)
spilorcio, Paperone De'Paperoni

Português (Portuguese)
n. - avaro (m)

Русский (Russian)
скряга, грубый жестокий человек

Español (Spanish)
n. - avaro, tacaño

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - girigbuk, snålvarg

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
吝啬鬼, 小气的人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 吝嗇鬼, 小氣的人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 스크루지 ( A Christmas Carol의 주인공인 늙은 수전노), 수전노

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - スクルージ, 守銭奴

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קמצן‬

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scrooge	scrooge mcduck
scrooge figurines	scrooge ornament