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Scrooge
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Scrooge
“grasping old sinner” who learns that miserliness leads only to loneliness and pain. [Br. Lit.: “A Christmas Carol” in Benét, 196]
See : Miserliness
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And two years later the boardroom Scrooges "argued that a suggestion to install a large illuminated scoreboard was not practicable" and "agreed to ban use of radio sets on the ground".
TOFFEES SUCK AT SPLASHING CASH; FOOTBALL'S ANSWER TO THE 3AM GIRLS by The Mirror (London, England)
Angry employee Rob Thomas said: "They are Scrooges with a capital S.
'Scrooge' bosses at HFC bank; Staff 'refused time off' on Christmas ... by Birmingham Mail (England)
SPENDING on Christmas presents this year will drop by nearly 20 per cent as the credit crunch turns us all into Scrooges.
Credit crunch hits prezzies by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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