scrooge-like

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scrooge-like

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From scrooge + -like.

adjective more scrooge-like · most scrooge-like · Scrooge-like

Like a scrooge in being miserly, tight-fisted, and a kill-joy. 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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@misc{scrooge_like_2026,
  title = {scrooge-like},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scrooge-like},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}