scrooge-like

See also: Scroogelike

English

Alternative forms

  • Scrooge-like

Etymology

From scrooge +‎ -like.

Adjective

scrooge-like (comparative more scrooge-like, superlative most scrooge-like)

  1. Like a scrooge in being miserly, tight-fisted, and a kill-joy.
    • 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 30:
      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".

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