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Where does the world Scrooge mean?

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9y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

The name "Scrooge" is a variation of an obscure English verb: "to scrouge" or "to scruze." The verb means "to squeeze" or "to press."

Dickens chose the name "Scrooge" with this meaning in mind i so it met the description of the character in his A Christmas Carol

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