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scrooge

N คน ขี้เหนียว  คน ขี้ตืด  niggard miser kon-ke-niao

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Scrooge, Ebenezer

Scrooge, Ebenezer |skro͞oj skruʤ | a miserly curmudgeon in Charles Dickens's novel A Christmas Carol (1843 ). (as noun a Scrooge ) a person who is miserly.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Scrooge, Ebenezer

Scrooge |skruːdʒ | a miserly curmudgeon in Charles Dickens's novel A Christmas Carol (1843 ). (as noun a Scrooge ) a person who is mean with money.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

Scrooge

Scrooge noun you're going to borrow money from that Scrooge? miser, penny-pincher, pinchpenny; informal skinflint, money-grubber, cheapskate, tightwad. ANTONYMS spendthrift.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

Scrooge

Scrooge noun he is depicted as a Scrooge keeping tight hold of the purse strings: miser, penny-pincher, pinchpenny, niggard, cheese-parer, hoarder, saver; informal skinflint, meanie, money-grubber, cheapskate; N. Amer. informal tightwad; vulgar slang tight-arse. ANTONYMS spendthrift; philanthropist.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

scrooge

scrooge /skruːdʒ /〖Dickens作 A Christmas Carol の主人公Scroogeより 〗名詞 C ⦅くだけて けなして ⦆けちん坊, 守銭奴 (miser ).