scrooge-like en · ADJ
Etymology
From scrooge + -like.
Meanings
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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".
2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 30:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scrooge-like | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more scrooge-like | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most scrooge-like | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |