scrooge

     

Scrooge is the surname of Ebenezer Scrooge, the selfish an miserly protagonist of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. "Scrooge" has since come into general usage as a term for any person who is stingy, antisocial, or lacking in "Christmas spirit." In the story he is visited by the three spirits of Christmas.

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  • Look up the name of this Dickens character, & you'll find it can mean any miserly person
  • This synonym for a miserly man comes from a Dickens story
  • In a 1970 film, Alec Guinness played Jacob Marley's ghost & Albert Finney played this man
  • This serves as the name of 2 characters on the list; one was created in 1843, the other is a Disney duck
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  • This Dickens character introduced in 1843 is now generic for a grumpy miser
  • "A Christmas Carol"
  • This Dickens guy says, "Every idiot who" says, "Merry Christmas... should be boiled with his own pudding"

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