niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl
(noun) a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
Source: WordNet® 3.1
From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol.
scrooge (plural scrooges)
A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources.
• See also miser
scrooge (third-person singular simple present scrooges, present participle scrooging, simple past and past participle scrooged)
(UK, US, dialect) To crush or press; to squeeze (past, into, together, etc.).
Scrooge
The fictional character Ebenezer Scrooge.
• Ebenezer Scrooge
Source: Wiktionary
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
