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Meaning of scrooge-like | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Like a scrooge in being miserly, tight-fisted, and a kill-joy.

Examples

“In 1963, there was even more of a shutdown [at Christmas]. The Western and London Midland Regions ran no trains, with the rest of the network having the "barest of skeleton services". The Daily Herald called Beeching's cuts "the most scrooge-like... in railway history".”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Scroogelike Scroogesque Scroogey Scroogian scrophulariaceous scrophulous

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