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That would be "bah, humbug."
"Bah! Humbug!"
"Bah!, Humbug!"
"Bah, Humbug!"
His most used phrase was "Bah, Humbug". When asked about charitable donations for the poor he is alos fmous for saying "Are there no prisions, are there no work houses?" which was to mean why should I give them money when they can go to these places.
''Bah! Humbug!''
Favorite SayingThe story doesn't come right out and state what Scrooge's favorite saying is, but it must be "bah humbug" as much as he said it.
Ebenezer Scrooge thought Christmas was a fraud and often exclaimed, "Bah, Humbug!" during the holidays. Mary had always thought the whole thing was simply a humbug.
Bah....humbug
"Bah, Humbug"
Scrooge
"WALKER" Oxford English Dictionary XII: 44. "More fully, Hookey Walker." [Always written with initial capital; probably a use of the surname Walker.] An exclamation expressive of incredulity, Also occasionally as a sb. (= 'humbug'), as in "That is all Walker." 1811 Lex. Balatronicum, Hookee Walker, an expression signifying that the story is not true, or that the thing will not occur. Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1949) 403. Hooky Walker! A phrase signifying that something either is not true or will not occur: (low) colloquial, from ca. 1810. Lex. Bal. Also Hook[e]y!, as in Bee, and by hooky!, as in Manchon.2. Be off! (low) coll. from ca. 1830. Since ca. 1840, gen. abbr. to Walker! . . . . Acc. to Bee, ex. John Walker, a prevaricating hook-nosed spy.