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SCROOGE
niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl
(noun) a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol.
Noun
scrooge (plural scrooges)
A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources.
Synonyms
• See also miser
Etymology 2
Verb
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.).
Proper noun
Scrooge
The fictional character Ebenezer Scrooge.
Synonyms
• Ebenezer Scrooge
Source: Wiktionary
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CHRONIC
(adjective) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; “chronic indigestion”; “a chronic shortage of funds”; “a chronic invalid”
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