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Someone ask you if you are "a Scrooge.". What kind of allusion is this, and to what does it refer?

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emilyespinosa2021
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  • 05-01-2020

Answer: the term “scrooge” is a literary allusion to Ebenezer Scrooge, from “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, who was known for being cruelly cheap and putting money above morale. When someone refers to a person as a scrooge they are referring to a person being cheap.

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j02dan
j02dan j02dan
  • 05-01-2020
if someone says you’re in fact, a scrooge, they are implying that you are negative, kind of like a party pooper, quite bitter and crabby.
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